• [Misspelled as modesta by Forel, 1901j: 344.]
• Wheeler & Wheeler, 1955c: 134 (l.); Petralia & Vinson, 1980: 383 (l.); Crozier, 1970a: 116 (k.); Pacheco & Mackay, 2013: 232 (w.m.)
• Combination in Pheidole: Roger, 1859: 259.
• Combination in Monomorium: Roger, 1863b: 32; Cresson, 1887: 262; Forel, 1895b: 124.
• Combination in Solenopsis: Mayr, 1863a: 407; Emery, 1895d: 275; Bolton, 1995b: 389.
• Combination in Solenopsis (Diplorhoptrum): Creighton, 1950a: 237.
• Junior synonym of Monomorium pharaonis: Roger, 1863b: 32; Smith, 1871a: 325; Forel, 1891c: 163; Dalla Torre, 1893: 68; Forel, 1895b: 124; Zhou, 2001a: 113 (error).
• Status as species: Smith, 1858a: 122, 130; Smith, 1860a: 73; Meinert, 1861: 332; Smith, 1861b: 45; Smith, 1862b: 33; Mayr, 1863a: 454; Provancher, 1881b: 360; Provancher, 1883: 603; Cresson, 1887: 262; Emery, 1895d: 277; Emery, 1896g: 85 (in key); Wheeler, 1900c: 48; Wheeler, 1901c: 533; Wheeler, 1905j: 377; Wheeler, 1906g: 2; Wheeler, 1908h: 430; Wheeler, 1910a: 563; Wheeler, 1916r: 584; Wheeler, 1917a: 501; Wheeler, 1917c: 26; Wheeler, 1917k: 461; Emery, 1922c: 200; Essig, 1926: 858; Menozzi, 1932b: 311; Cole, 1937a: 99; Dennis, 1938: 280; Wesson & Wesson, 1940: 92; Smith, 1943a: 211 (in key); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1944: 246; Buren, 1944a: 289; Creighton, 1950a: 237; Smith, 1951c: 813; Smith, 1958c: 129; Carter, 1962a: 6 (in list); Ettershank, 1966: 142; Smith, 1967a: 358; Hunt & Snelling, 1975: 22; Francoeur, 1977b: 207; Yensen et al., 1977: 183; Smith, 1979: 1387; Snelling & George, 1979: 138; Allred, 1982: 504; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g: 51; DuBois & LaBerge, 1988: 142; MacKay et al., 1988: 101; Blacker, 1992: 6; Wheeler et al., 1994: 304; Bolton, 1995b: 389; Mackay & Mackay, 2002: 230; Coovert, 2005: 67; MacGown & Forster, 2005: 70; Ward, 2005: 67; Ellison et al., 2012: 314; Pacheco & Mackay, 2013: 232 (redescription).
• Senior synonym of Solenopsis debilis: Emery, 1895d: 277; Emery, 1896g: 85; Forel, 1901j: 344; Wheeler, 1901c: 533 (in text); Wheeler, 1906g: 3; Wheeler, 1908h: 430; Wheeler, 1917c: 27; Emery, 1922c: 200; Creighton, 1950a: 237; Smith, 1951c: 813; Smith, 1979: 1387; Snelling & George, 1979: 138; Bolton, 1995b: 389.
• Senior synonym of Solenopsis exigua: Emery, 1895d: 277; Emery, 1896g: 85; Wheeler, 1902g: 28; Wheeler, 1908h: 430; Emery, 1922c: 200; Creighton, 1950a: 237; Smith, 1951c: 813; Smith, 1979: 1387; Snelling & George, 1979: 138; Bolton, 1995b: 389.
• Senior synonym of Solenopsis minuta: Emery, 1895d: 277; Emery, 1896g: 85; Wheeler, 1908h: 430; Emery, 1922c: 200; Creighton, 1950a: 237; Smith, 1951c: 813; Smith, 1979: 1387; Snelling & George, 1979: 138; Bolton, 1995b: 389.
• [Note: old determinations of Solenopsis molesta, by Smith, F. and others, were certainly misidentifications of Monomorium pharaonis Linnaeus, 1758. Roger, 1862c: 295, Mayr, 1872: 152, and Emery & Forel, 1879: 467, indicate that Solenopsis molesta Say, 1836, sensu Smith, F., is Monomorium pharaonis.]

Junior synonyms

• Solenopsis debilis Mayr, 1886
• Solenopsis exigua (Buckley, 1867)
  Obsolete combination(s): Myrmica exigua
• Solenopsis minuta (Say, 1836)
  Obsolete combination(s): Myrmica minuta

Obsolete combinations

• Myrmica molesta

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