• Wheeler, 1919f: 144 (q.)
• Combination in Vollenhovia: Emery, 1897: 560.
• Status as species: Mayr, 1863a: 433; Smith, 1871a: 325; Dalla Torre, 1893: 112; Emery, 1897: 560; Emery, 1922c: 164; Donisthorpe, 1932c: 462; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 171; Wilson, 1962c: 16; Ettershank, 1966: 150; Taylor, 1976a: 85; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 92; Taylor, 1987a: 80; Taylor, 1991b: 611; Bolton, 1995b: 423; Clouse, 2007b: 235; Bharti & Kumar, 2013c: 69 (in key); Sarnat et al., 2013: 72.
• Senior synonym of Vollenhovia poneroides: Emery, 1897: 560; Emery, 1914f: 406; Emery, 1922c: 164; Donisthorpe, 1932c: 463; Bolton, 1995b: 423.

Junior synonyms

• Vollenhovia poneroides (Smith, 1860)
  Obsolete combination(s): Myrmica poneroides

Obsolete combinations

• Myrmica oblonga

Citations

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• Sarnat, E. M.; Blanchard, B.; Guénard, B.; Fasi, J.; Economo, E. P. 2013. Checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the Solomon Islands and a new survey of Makira Island. ZooKeys 257:47-88. PDF
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