• Wheeler, 1930c: 16 (w.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1953c: 142 (l.); Hauschteck, 1962: 219 (k.)
• Combination in Lasius: Roger, 1863b: 12.
• Combination in Prenolepis: Mayr, 1886d: 431.
• Combination in Prenolepis (Prenolepis): Emery, 1906b: 133.
• Combination in Prenolepis (Nylanderia): Wheeler, 1908g: 385.
• Status as species: Smith, 1858a: 54; Mayr, 1863a: 416; Roger, 1863b: 12; Cresson, 1887: 256; Dalla Torre, 1893: 178; Emery, 1893k: 635; Patton, 1894: 619; Ruzsky, 1905b: 262; Wheeler, 1905j: 390; Wheeler, 1906i: 342; Wheeler, 1908g: 385; Wheeler, 1910a: 569; Santschi, 1911d: 7; Wheeler, 1913d: 116; Wheeler, 1916r: 591; Wheeler, 1917a: 523; Wheeler, 1917k: 462; Emery, 1925d: 225; Essig, 1926: 866; Smith, 1930a: 6; Wheeler, 1930c: 15 (redescription); Cole, 1937b: 137; Dennis, 1938: 295; Wesson & Wesson, 1940: 100; Buren, 1944a: 295; Creighton, 1950a: 413; Smith, 1951c: 849; Cole, 1954f: 272; Smith, 1958c: 147; Carter, 1962a: 7 (in list); Kempf, 1972b: 210; Smith, 1979: 1445; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g: 64; DuBois & LaBerge, 1988: 150; Deyrup et al., 1989: 100; Wheeler et al., 1994: 308; Bolton, 1995b: 364; Mackay & Mackay, 2002: 409; Deyrup, 2003: 46; Coovert, 2005: 118; MacGown & Forster, 2005: 65; Ward, 2005: 31; Ellison et al., 2012: 220; Williams & LaPolla, 2016: 222 (redescription); Deyrup, 2017: 227; Williams & LaPolla, 2018: 174 (in key).
• Senior synonym of Prenolepis nitens americana: Dalla Torre, 1893: 178; Emery, 1893k: 635; Ruzsky, 1905b: 262; Emery, 1925d: 225; Wheeler, 1930c: 15; Creighton, 1950a: 414; Smith, 1951c: 849; Smith, 1979: 1445; Bolton, 1995b: 364; Williams & LaPolla, 2016: 222.
• Senior synonym of Prenolepis imparis arizonica: Williams & LaPolla, 2016: 223.
• Senior synonym of Prenolepis imparis californica: Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g: 14; Bolton, 1995b: 364; Williams & LaPolla, 2016: 222.
• Senior synonym of Prenolepis imparis colimana: Williams & LaPolla, 2016: 223.
• Senior synonym of Prenolepis imparis coloradensis: Williams & LaPolla, 2016: 223.
• Senior synonym of Prenolepis imparis minuta: Creighton, 1950a: 414; Smith, 1958c: 147; Smith, 1979: 1445; Bolton, 1995b: 364; Williams & LaPolla, 2016: 223.
• Senior synonym of Prenolepis imparis pumila: Creighton, 1950a: 414; Smith, 1958c: 147; Smith, 1979: 1445; Bolton, 1995b: 364; Williams & LaPolla, 2016: 223.
• Senior synonym of Prenolepis imparis testacea: Creighton, 1950a: 414; Smith, 1958c: 147; Smith, 1979: 1445; Bolton, 1995b: 364; Williams & LaPolla, 2016: 223.
• Senior synonym of Prenolepis imparis veracruzensis: Williams & LaPolla, 2016: 223.
• Senior synonym of Prenolepis wichita: Dalla Torre, 1893: 178; Wheeler, 1901c: 520; Wheeler, 1902g: 24; Wheeler, 1930c: 15; Emery, 1925d: 225; Creighton, 1950a: 414; Smith, 1951c: 849; Smith, 1979: 1445; Bolton, 1995b: 364; Williams & LaPolla, 2016: 223.

Junior synonyms

• Prenolepis imparis arizonica Wheeler, 1930
• Prenolepis imparis californica Wheeler, 1930
• Prenolepis imparis colimana Wheeler, 1930
• Prenolepis imparis coloradensis Wheeler, 1930
• Prenolepis imparis minuta Emery, 1893
• Prenolepis imparis pumila Wheeler, 1930
• Prenolepis imparis testacea Emery, 1893
• Prenolepis imparis veracruzensis Wheeler, 1930
• Prenolepis nitens americana Forel, 1891
• Prenolepis wichita (Buckley, 1866)
  Obsolete combination(s): Formica wichita

Obsolete combinations

• Formica imparis
• Prenolepis imparis imparis

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