• Jerdon, 1851: 121 (w.m.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1953e: 176 (l.); Crozier, 1970a: 115 (k.); Barsagade & Gharade, 2012: 164 (m.).
• Combination in Oecophylla: Smith, 1860b: 102.
• Senior synonym of Oecophylla viridis: Smith, 1857a: 53; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 127.
• Senior synonym of Oecophylla macra: Roger, 1863b: 10; Dalla Torre, 1893: 176.
• Senior synonym of Oecophylla zonata: Roger, 1863b: 10; Dalla Torre, 1893: 176.
• Senior synonym of Oecophylla virescens: Mayr, 1872: 143; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 127.
• Current subspecies: nominal plus O. s. fuscoides, O. s. gracilior, O. s. gracillima, O. s. selebensis, O. s. subnitida.

Junior synonyms

• Oecophylla macra (Guérin-Méneville, 1831)
  Obsolete combination(s): Formica macra
• Oecophylla virescens (Fabricius, 1775)
  Obsolete combination(s): Formica virescens
• Oecophylla viridis (Kirby, 1819)
  Obsolete combination(s): Formica viridis
• Oecophylla zonata (Guérin-Méneville, 1838)
  Obsolete combination(s): Formica zonata

Obsolete combinations

• Formica smaragdina

Citations

• Barsagade, D. D.; Gharade, S. A. 2012. Ultrastructural study on male external genitalia of the weaver ant Oecophylla smaragdina (Fabricius), (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). International Journal of Research in Chemistry and Environment 2:164-166. PDF
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• Crozier, R. H. 1970a. Karyotypes of twenty-one ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with reviews of the known ant karyotypes. Canadian Journal of Genetics and Cytology 12:109-128. PDF
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• Dalla Torre, K. W. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. PDF
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• Jerdon, T. C. 1851. A catalogue of the species of ants found in Southern India. Madras Journal of Literature and Science 17:103-127. PDF
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• Mayr, G. 1872. Formicidae Borneenses collectae a J. Doria et O. Beccari in territorio Sarawak annis 1865-1867. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale 2:133-155. PDF
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• Roger, J. 1863b. Verzeichniss der Formiciden-Gattungen und Arten. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 7(Beilage):1-65. PDF
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• Taylor, R. W.; Brown, D. R. 1985. Formicoidea. Zoological Catalogue of Australia 2:1-149, 306-348.
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