• [Misspelled as previspinosus by Teranishi, 1940: 57.]
• Status as species: Emery, 1889: 500; Dalla Torre, 1893: 62; Forel, 1903a: 696; Bingham, 1903: 194; Wheeler, 1913f: 237; Emery, 1924f: 233; Wheeler, 1937a: 23; Teranishi, 1940: 57; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 121; Morisita et al., 1992: 58; Bolton, 1995b: 365; Tang et al., 1995: 61; Lin & Wu, 1998: 95 (redescription); Xu & Zhang, 2002: 69 (in key); Lin & Wu, 2003: 64; Wang, 2003a: 428 (redescription); Jaitrong & Nabhitabhata, 2005: 41; Zettel, 2006: 60; Terayama, 2009: 189; Pfeiffer et al., 2011: 50; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 51; Bharti et al., 2016: 43; Khachonpisitsak et al., 2020: 119; Wang et al., 2022: 96.
• Senior synonym of Pristomyrmex yaeyamensis: Wang, 2003a: 428.

Junior synonyms

• Pristomyrmex yaeyamensis Yamane & Terayama, 1999

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