• Combination in Prenolepis: Mayr, 1861: 52 (footnote).
• Status as species: Smith, 1871c: 2; White, 1884: 257.
• Junior synonym of Prenolepis imparis: Emery, 1925d: 225; Creighton, 1950a: 414; Smith, 1951c: 849; Smith, 1979: 1445.
• Junior synonym of Prenolepis nitens: Roger, 1863b: 10; Emery & Forel, 1879: 453; Saunders, 1880: 211; Mayr, 1886d: 431; Dalla Torre, 1893: 179; Saunders, 1896: 25; Donisthorpe, 1927c: 397; Wheeler, 1930c: 19; Bolton, 1995b: 364; Radchenko, 2016: 349; Williams & LaPolla, 2016: 236.

Obsolete combinations

• Tapinoma polita

Citations

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