• Wheeler & Wheeler, 1960b: 17 (l.)
• Combination in Monomorium (Notomyrmex): Emery, 1922c: 169.
• Combination in Monomorium: Taylor, 1987b: 3.
• Combination in Chelaner: Ettershank, 1966: 97; Sparks et al., 2019: 233.
• Subspecies of Chelaner kiliani: Emery, 1922c: 169; Ettershank, 1966: 97; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 57; Taylor, 1987a: 20; Bolton, 1995b: 267.
• Status as species: Wheeler & Wheeler, 1960b: 17; Heterick, 2001: 389 (redescription); Sparks et al., 2019: 233.
• Senior synonym of Chelaner howense: Heterick, 2001: 389

Junior synonyms

• Chelaner howense (Wheeler, 1927)
  Obsolete combination(s): Monomorium howense, Notomyrmex howense

Obsolete combinations

• Monomorium kiliani tambourinensis
• Monomorium tambourinense

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B:95-206. PDF
• Ettershank, G. 1966. A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to Solenopsis and Pheidologeton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 14:73-171. PDF
• Forel, A. 1915b. Results of Dr. E. Mjöbergs Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910-13. 2. Ameisen. Arkiv för Zoologi 9(16):1-119. PDF
• Heterick, B. E. 2001. Revision of the Australian ants of the genus Monomorium (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 15:353-459. PDF
• Sparks, K. S.; Andersen, A. N.; Austin, A. D. 2019. A multi-gene phylogeny of Australian Monomorium Mayr (Hymenoptera : Formicidae) results in reinterpretation of the genus and resurrection of Chelaner Emery. Invertebrate Systematics 33:225-236. 10.1071/ISI6080 PDF
• Taylor, R. W. 1987a. A checklist of the ants of Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization) Division of Entomology Report 41:1-92. PDF
• Taylor, R. W. 1987b. A checklist of the ants of Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). First supplement, 10 July, 1987. CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization) Division of Entomology Report 41(Suppl.1):1-5.
• Taylor, R. W.; Brown, D. R. 1985. Formicoidea. Zoological Catalogue of Australia 2:1-149, 306-348.
• Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1960b. Supplementary studies on the larvae of the Myrmicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 62:1-32. PDF