• Lectotype designation: Heterick, 2006: 179.
• [Misspelled as seychellensis by Forel, 1907g: 93; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 165, and others.]
• Combination in Syllophopsis: Ward et al., 2015: 73.
• Subspecies of Syllophopsis fossulata: Emery, 1900b: 326; Forel, 1907g: 93; Forel, 1912l: 163; Wheeler, 1922: 1027; Emery, 1922c: 172; Wheeler, 1934i: 12; Wheeler, 1935g: 23; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 165; Ettershank, 1966: 92.
• Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 266; Wetterer, 2002: 129; Imai et al., 2003: 133; Wetterer & Vargo, 2003: 417; Jaitrong & Nabhitabhata, 2005: 28; Heterick, 2006: 179 (redescription); Clouse, 2007b: 249; Terayama, 2009: 153; Pfeiffer et al., 2011: 47; Sarnat & Economo, 2012: 89; Wetterer et al., 2016: 19; Khachonpisitsak et al., 2020: 130; Wetterer, 2021: 4; Wang et al., 2022: 107.
• Senior synonym of Syllophopsis fossulata: Wilson & Taylor, 1967b: 64; Bolton, 1995b: 266; Dorow, 1996a: 78; Imai et al., 2003: 133; Terayama, 2009: 153.
• [Note: Wilson & Taylor, 1967b, and Dorow, 1996a, give Syllophopsis fossulata as senior synonym, but Syllophopsis sechellensis has priority (Bolton, 1995b: 266).]

Junior synonyms

• Syllophopsis fossulata (Emery, 1895)
  Obsolete combination(s): Monomorium fossulatum

Obsolete combinations

• Monomorium fossulatum sechellense
• Monomorium sechellensis

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