• Lectotype designation: Pacheco & Mackay, 2013: 315.
• [Also described as new by Emery, 1894l: 56.]
• Combination in Solenopsis (Diagyne): Santschi, 1923c: 267.
• Status as species: Forel, 1893j: 398; Dalla Torre, 1893: 77; Emery, 1896g: 82 (in key); Forel, 1899b: 80; Wheeler, 1905c: 124; Forel, 1908c: 45; Emery, 1922c: 201; Creighton, 1930b: 139 (redescription); Borgmeier, 1937b: 239; Ettershank, 1966: 143; Kempf, 1972b: 240; Bolton, 1995b: 391; Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012: 261; Pacheco & Mackay, 2013: 313 (redescription); Lubertazzi, 2019: 175.
• Senior synonym of Solenopsis inermiceps: Creighton, 1930b: 139; Borgmeier, 1937b: 239; Kempf, 1972b: 240; Bolton, 1995b: 391; Pacheco & Mackay, 2013: 313.
• Senior synonym of Solenopsis succinea nicai: Pacheco & Mackay, 2013: 313.

Junior synonyms

• Solenopsis inermiceps Wheeler & Mann, 1914
• Solenopsis succinea nicai Forel, 1913

Citations

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