• Karavaiev, 1926d: 433 (m.); Imai et al., 1984: 8 (k.).
• Combination in Iridomyrmex: Emery, 1893m: 168.
• Status as species: Roger, 1863b: 13; Smith, 1871a: 307; Dalla Torre, 1893: 168; Forel, 1895f: 469; Emery, 1895m: 475; Forel, 1895f: 469; Emery, 1900: 694; Forel, 1902j: 468; Rothney, 1903: 98; Bingham, 1903: 298; Forel, 1907d: 27; Forel, 1912a: 71; Forel, 1912o: 62; Stitz, 1912: 509; Emery, 1913a: 23; Forel, 1913g: 197; Forel, 1913l: 90; Viehmeyer, 1916a: 142; Wheeler, 1919f: 99; Santschi, 1920h: 172; Santschi, 1924c: 112; Karavaiev, 1926d: 433; Wheeler, 1927d: 7; Wheeler, 1928c: 29; Santschi, 1928h: 131; Wheeler, 1929h: 62; Wheeler, 1930k: 72; Stitz, 1932b: 733; Karavaiev, 1935a: 108; Teranishi, 1940: 59; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 188; Wilson & Taylor, 1967b: 78; Taylor, 1967b: 1094; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 96; Taylor, 1987a: 31, 33; Wu & Wang, 1992c: 1310; Dlussky, 1994a: 55; Shattuck, 1994: 99; Bolton, 1995b: 217; Wu & Wang, 1995a: 123; Tang et al., 1995: 89; Collingwood et al., 1997: 509; Mathew & Tiwari, 2000: 338; Zhou, 2001a: 161; Lin & Wu, 2003: 60; Jaitrong & Nabhitabhata, 2005: 23; Clouse, 2007b: 203; Don, 2007: 192; Terayama, 2009: 198; Heterick & Shattuck, 2011: 40 (redescription); Collingwood et al., 2011: 415; Pfeiffer et al., 2011: 33; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 25; Sarnat & Economo, 2012: 33; Sarnat et al., 2013: 69; Borowiec, 2014: 83; Ramage, 2014: 156; Bharti et al., 2016: 19; Jaitrong et al., 2016: 22.
• Senior synonym of Iridomyrmex discoidalis: Wilson & Taylor, 1967b: 78; Shattuck, 1994: 100; Bolton, 1995b: 217; Heterick & Shattuck, 2011: 40.
• Senior synonym of Iridomyrmex excisus: Dalla Torre, 1893: 168; Emery, 1895m: 475; Forel, 1895f: 469; Bingham, in Rothney, 1903: 98; Emery, 1913a: 23; Wheeler, 1919f: 99; Shattuck, 1994: 99; Bolton, 1995b: 217; Zhou, 2001a: 161; Heterick & Shattuck, 2011: 40.
• Senior synonym of Iridomyrmex bicknelli formosae: Heterick & Shattuck, 2011: 40.
• Senior synonym of Iridomyrmex anceps ignobilis: Heterick & Shattuck, 2011: 40.
• Senior synonym of Iridomyrmex meinerti: Heterick & Shattuck, 2011: 40.
• Senior synonym of Iridomyrmex rufoniger metallescens: Heterick & Shattuck, 2011: 40.
• Senior synonym of Iridomyrmex anceps papuanus: Wilson & Taylor, 1967b: 78; Shattuck, 1994: 99; Bolton, 1995b: 217; Zhou, 2001a: 161; Heterick & Shattuck, 2011: 40.
• Senior synonym of Iridomyrmex anceps sikkimensis: Heterick & Shattuck, 2011: 40.
• Senior synonym of Iridomyrmex anceps watsonii: Heterick & Shattuck, 2011: 40.
• Material of the unavailable name Iridomyrmex anceps papuana neocaledonica referred here by Taylor, 1987a: 33; Shattuck, 1994: 99; Bolton, 1995b: 217.

Junior synonyms

• Iridomyrmex anceps ignobilis Mann, 1921
• Iridomyrmex anceps papuanus Emery, 1897
  Obsolete combination(s): Iridomyrmex gracilis papuanus
• Iridomyrmex anceps sikkimensis Forel, 1904
• Iridomyrmex anceps watsonii Forel, 1895
• Iridomyrmex bicknelli formosae Forel, 1912
• Iridomyrmex discoidalis (Donisthorpe, 1947)
  Obsolete combination(s): Prenolepis discoidalis
• Iridomyrmex excisus Mayr, 1867
• Iridomyrmex meinerti Forel, 1901
• Iridomyrmex rufoniger metallescens Emery, 1893

Obsolete combinations

• Formica anceps

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