• Lectotype designation: Seifert, 2012a: 140.
• Junior synonym of Tapinoma erraticum: Baroni Urbani, 1964b: 55; Collingwood, 1971: 163.
• Subspecies of Tapinoma erraticum: Karavaiev, 1927d: 273 (in key); Karavaiev, 1936: 169; Donisthorpe, 1941f: 37; Baroni Urbani, 1968e: 477.
• Status as species: Kratochvíl, in Kratochvíl et al., 1944: 79 (in key); Kutter, 1963a: 130; Kutter, 1968b: 60; Pisarski, 1975: 28; Kutter, 1977c: 181; Arnol'di & Dlussky, 1978: 547 (in key); Seifert, 1984a: 151; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a: 57; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b: 279 (in key); Casevitz-Weulersse, 1990c: 426; Shattuck, 1994: 140; Douwes, 1995: 91; Bolton, 1995b: 399; Poldi et al., 1995: 6; Espadaler, 1997g: 27; Collingwood & Prince, 1998: 20 (in key); Gallé et al., 1998: 216; Czechowski et al., 2002: 15; Bračko, 2006: 144; Markó et al., 2006: 66; Petrov, 2006: 103 (in key); Bračko, 2007: 19; Seifert, 2007: 257; Werner & Wiezik, 2007: 142; Karaman, 2011b: 64 (error).
• Junior synonym of Tapinoma madeirense: Wetterer et al., 2007: 24; Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009: 478; Csősz et al., 2011: 58; Legakis, 2011: 24; Czechowski et al., 2012: 68; Seifert, 2012a: 142; Seifert et al., 2024: 57.

Obsolete combinations

• Tapinoma erraticum ambiguum

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