• Lectotype designation: Pacheco & Mackay, 2013: 130.
• Combination in Solenopsis (Diplorhoptrum): Creighton, 1950a: 236
• Subspecies of Solenopsis texana: Wheeler, 1904f: 301; Wheeler, 1910a: 563; Emery, 1922c: 201; Wesson & Wesson, 1940: 92; Smith, 1951c: 814; Ettershank, 1966: 140.
• Status as species: Creighton, 1950a: 236; Smith, 1958c: 129; Smith, 1979: 1385; Thompson, 1989: 271 (in key); Thompson & Johnson, 1989: 698 (in key); Deyrup et al., 1989: 96; Bolton, 1995b: 386; Deyrup, 2003: 47; Coovert, 2005: 67; MacGown & Forster, 2005: 69; Pacheco & Mackay, 2013: 127 (redescription); Deyrup, 2017: 102.
• Senior synonym of Solenopsis molesta castanea: Pacheco & Mackay, 2013: 127.
• Senior synonym of Solenopsis truncorum: Pacheco & Mackay, 2013: 127

Junior synonyms

• Solenopsis molesta castanea Wheeler, 1908
• Solenopsis truncorum Forel, 1901
  Obsolete combination(s): Solenopsis texana truncorum

Obsolete combinations

• Solenopsis texana carolinensis

Citations

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