• Pitts et al., 2018: 348 (m.l.).
• As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1922c: 198.
• Subspecies of Solenopsis saevissima: Gallardo, 1919b: 247; Santschi, 1933f: 114.
• Junior synonym of Solenopsis interrupta: Creighton, 1930b: 89; Wilson, 1952b: 51; Kempf, 1972b: 237.
• Status as species: Trager, 1991: 179 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 389; Wild, 2007b: 37; Pitts et al., 2018: 347 (redescription).

Obsolete combinations

• Solenopsis saevissima macdonaghi

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• 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
• Gallardo, A. 1919b. Hormigas del Neuquén y Río Negro. Anales del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Buenos Aires 30:243-254. 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
• Santschi, F. 1933f. Fourmis de la République Argentine en particulier du territoire de Misiones. Anales de la Sociedad Cientifica Argentina 116:105-124. 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
• Wild, A. L. 2007b. A catalogue of the ants of Paraguay (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 1622:1-55. 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