• Pitts et al., 2018: 341 (q.m.l.)
• As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1922c: 198.
• Subspecies of Solenopsis saevissima: Wheeler, 1925a: 35; Borgmeier, 1927c: 106; Creighton, 1930b: 89; Ettershank, 1966: 141.
• Status as species: Wilson, 1952b: 51; Kempf, 1972b: 237; Buren, 1972: 22 (redescription); Trager, 1991: 178 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 388; Pitts et al., 2018: 340 (redescription).

Obsolete combinations

• Solenopsis saevissima interrupta

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
• Buren, W. F. 1972. Revisionary studies on the taxonomy of the imported fire ants. Journal of the Georgia Entomological Society 7:1-26. 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
• Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
• Pitts, J. P.; Camacho, G. P.; Gotzek, D.; McHugh, J. V.; Ross, K. G. 2018. Revision of the fire ants of the Solenopsis saevissima species-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 120:308-411. 10.4289/0013-8797.120.2.308 PDF
• Santschi, F. 1916e. Formicides sudaméricains nouveaux ou peu connus. Physis (Buenos Aires) 2:365-399. PDF
• Trager, J. C. 1991. A revision of the fire ants, Solenopsis geminata group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 99:141-198. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1925a. Neotropical ants in the collections of the Royal Museum of Stockholm. Arkiv för Zoologi 17A(8):1-55. PDF
• Wilson, E. O. 1952b. O complexo Solenopsis saevissima na America do Sul (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro 50:49-59. PDF