• [Junior primary homonym of †Formica obscura Heer, 1849.]
• Combination in Hypoclinea: Roger, 1863b: 14.
• Combination in Dolichoderus: Mayr, 1886c: 356.
• Combination in Dolichoderus (Monacis): Emery, 1894d: 228.
• Combination in Monacis: Kempf, 1959c: 268.
• Combination in Dolichoderus: Shattuck, 1992c: 77.
• Status as species: Mayr, 1863a: 418; Roger, 1863b: 14; Mayr, 1886c: 356; Dalla Torre, 1893: 160; Forel, 1895b: 108; Emery, 1913a: 10; Borgmeier, 1923: 83; Kempf, 1959c: 268; Kempf, 1972b: 142; MacKay, 1993b: 80; Shattuck, 1994: 59.
• Replacement name: Dolichoderus satanus Bolton, 1995b

Obsolete combinations

• Formica obscura

Citations

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• Mayr, G. 1886c. Notizen über die Formiciden-Sammlung des British Museum in London. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 36:353-368. PDF
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• Shattuck, S. O. 1994. Taxonomic catalog of the ant subfamilies Aneuretinae and Dolichoderinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). University of California Publications in Entomology 112:i-xix, 1-241. PDF
• Smith, F. 1858a. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae. London: British Museum, 216 pp. PDF