• Wheeler, 1922g: 6 (w.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1955c: 131 (l.)
• Status as species: Emery, 1890c: 53; Dalla Torre, 1893: 74; Emery, 1894l: 57; Forel, 1899b: 79; Forel, 1912h: 3; Mann, 1916: 446; Wheeler, 1916f: 324; Emery, 1919b: 61; Wheeler, 1922e: 8; Emery, 1922c: 193; Wheeler, 1922g: 6; Wheeler, 1925e: 178; Borgmeier, 1927c: 100; Borgmeier, 1934: 102; Ettershank, 1966: 109; Kempf, 1972b: 255; Bolton, 1995b: 421; Fernández, 2003h: 647 (redescription); Wild, 2007b: 38; Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012: 262; Bezděčková et al., 2015: 122; Fernández & Serna, 2019: 879.
• Senior synonym of Tranopelta gilva albida: Emery, 1919b: 61; Kempf, 1972b: 255; Fernández, 2003h: 647.
• Senior synonym of Tranopelta amblyops: Fernández, 2003h: 647.
• Senior synonym of Tranopelta gilva brunnea: Fernández, 2003h: 647.
• Senior synonym of Tranopelta gilva columbica: Emery, 1919b: 61; Kempf, 1972b: 255; Fernández, 2003h: 647.
• Senior synonym of Tranopelta heyeri: Fernández, 2003h: 647.

Junior synonyms

• Tranopelta amblyops (Emery, 1894)
  Obsolete combination(s): Monomorium amblyops
• Tranopelta gilva albida Mann, 1916
• Tranopelta gilva brunnea Forel, 1909
• Tranopelta gilva columbica Forel, 1912
  Obsolete combination(s): Tranopelta columbica, Tranopelta heyeri columbica
• Tranopelta heyeri (Forel, 1901)
  Obsolete combination(s): Monomorium heyeri

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