• [Misspelled as gerstenblumi by Emery, 1922c: 200; Borgmeier, 1927c: 106.]
• Subspecies of Solenopsis picta: Forel, 1908: 364; Forel, 1911e: 298; Luederwaldt, 1918: 43; Emery, 1922c: 200; Borgmeier, 1927c: 106; Ettershank, 1966: 141.
• Subspecies of Solenopsis nigella: Creighton, 1930b: 132; Kempf, 1972b: 238; Bolton, 1995b: 388.
• Status as species: Pacheco & Mackay, 2013: 158 (redescription).
• Senior synonym of Solenopsis angulata carettei: Pacheco & Mackay, 2013: 158.
• Senior synonym of Solenopsis nigella prevalens: Creighton, 1930b: 132; Kempf, 1972b: 238; Bolton, 1995b: 388; Pacheco & Mackay, 2013: 158.

Junior synonyms

• Solenopsis angulata carettei Forel, 1913
• Solenopsis nigella prevalens Santschi, 1923

Obsolete combinations

• Solenopsis picta gensterblumi

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Borgmeier, T. 1927c. Catalogo systematico e synonymico das formigas do Brasil. 2 parte. Subf. Pseudomyrminae, Myrmicinae, Formicidae. Archivos do Museu Nacional (Rio de Janeiro) 29:69-164. PDF
• Creighton, W. S. 1930b. The New World species of the genus Solenopsis (Hymenop. Formicidae). Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 66:39-151. PDF
• Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B:95-206. PDF
• Ettershank, G. 1966. A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to Solenopsis and Pheidologeton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 14:73-171. PDF
• Forel, A. 1901g. Einige neue Ameisen aus Südbrasilien, Java, Natal und Mossamedes. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 10:297-311. PDF
• Forel, A. 1908. Ameisen aus Sao Paulo (Brasilien), Paraguay etc. gesammelt von Prof. Herm. v. Ihering, Dr. Lutz, Dr. Fiebrig, etc. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 58:340-418. PDF
• Forel, A. 1911e. Ameisen des Herrn Prof. v. Ihering aus Brasilien (Sao Paulo usw.) nebst einigen anderen aus Südamerika und Afrika (Hym.). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1911:285-312. PDF
• Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
• Luederwaldt, H. 1918. Notas myrmecologicas. Revista do Museu Paulista 10:29-64. PDF
• Pacheco, J. A.; Mackay, W. P. 2013. The systematics and biology of the New World thief ants of the genus Solenopsis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Lewiston, New York: Edwin Mellen Press, 501 pp. PDF