• Combination in Solenopsis: Mayr, 1863a: 453.
• Status as species: Mayr, 1863a: 453; Dours, 1873: 170; André, 1874c: 200 (in key).
• Junior synonym of Solenopsis geminata: Mayr, 1870b: 996 (footnote); Mayr, 1886d: 460; Dalla Torre, 1893: 76; Pergande, 1893: 35; Emery, 1922c: 197; Borgmeier, 1927c: 104; Creighton, 1930b: 59; Creighton, 1950a: 231; Smith, 1979: 1385; Trager, 1991: 163; Bolton, 1995b: 387; Zhou, 2001a: 88.

Obsolete combinations

• Diplorhoptrum drewseni

Citations

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