• Wachkoo & Bharti, 2014a: 6 (w.)
• Combination in Paratrechina (Nylanderia): Emery, 1925d: 220.
• Combination in Nylanderia: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 217; LaPolla et al., 2010a: 127.
• Status as species: Bingham, 1903: 330; Forel, 1906b: 86; Emery, 1925d: 220; Menozzi, 1939a: 342; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 217; Bolton, 1995b: 315; Wachkoo & Bharti, 2014a: 6; Wachkoo & Bharti, 2015b: 114 (redescription); Bharti et al., 2016: 29.

Obsolete combinations

• Prenolepis smythiesii

Citations

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