| Authorship | Smith, 1855a: 112 | 
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| Forms | w. | 
| Bioregion | Palearctic | 
| Locality | UNITED KINGDOM (Wales) | 
| Primary type information | Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: United Kingdom: Wales (J.C. Dale). Primary type depository: OUM. Primary type specimen: CASENT0901941. | 
| Type notes | 1) Smith, 1855a says “I have only seen the single example described; it is in the collection of J.C. Dale, Esq.”. 2) Whereabouts of Dale collection unknown. | 
| Prenolepis polita | Species | 
Synonym
 junior synonym of current valid taxon Prenolepis nitens (Mayr, 1853) 
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| Tapinoma polita | Species | 
Obsolete combination
 an obsolete combination of Prenolepis polita (Smith, 1855) 
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Original combination |