• [Misspelled as bicolour by Hita Garcia et al., 2013: 212.]
• Mayr, 1901b: 7 (q.)
• Combination in Monomorium (Xeromyrmex): Wheeler, 1922: 868
• Subspecies of Monomorium subopacum: Santschi, 1927e: 244; Santschi, 1935b: 268; Finzi, 1936: 178; Santschi, 1936a: 42 (in key); Finzi, 1939a: 158.
• Status as species: Emery, 1881b: 531 (in key); André, 1883a: 334 (in key); André, 1884f: 540; Dalla Torre, 1893: 66; Forel, 1894b: 88; Mayr, 1901b: 7; Forel, 1903a: 687; Forel, 1903h: 564; Mayr, 1904b: 4; Forel, 1907d: 18; Forel, 1907h: 15; Emery, 1908j: 677; Santschi, 1908: 518; Forel, 1910c: 251; Karavaiev, 1911b: 5; Santschi, 1912b: 163; Santschi, 1914d: 353; Arnold, 1916: 209; Emery, 1922c: 176; Wheeler, 1922: 162, 868; Emery, 1922c: 176; Menozzi, 1926a: 41; Menozzi, 1930b: 108; Santschi, 1937d: 222; Donisthorpe, 1942a: 28; Weber, 1943d: 314; Donisthorpe, 1947f: 109; Menozzi & Consani, 1952: 66; Ettershank, 1966: 87; Collingwood, 1985: 269; Bolton, 1987: 338 (redescription); Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a: 55; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b: 272 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 259; Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 342; Petrov, 2006: 94 (in key); Lush, 2008: 72 (in key); Collingwood et al., 2011: 433; Hita Garcia et al., 2013: 212; Borowiec, 2014: 116 (see note in bibliography); Salata & Borowiec, 2018c: 47; Lubertazzi, 2019: 128; Madl, 2019: 15; Sharaf et al., 2021: 26.
• Senior synonym of Monomorium bicolor aequatoriale: Bolton, 1987: 338; Bolton, 1995b: 259.
• Senior synonym of Monomorium bicolor coerulescens: Santschi, 1914d: 353 (in key); Emery, 1922c: 176; Wheeler, 1922: 869; Bolton, 1987: 338; Bolton, 1995b: 259.
• Senior synonym of Monomorium phoenicum: Sharaf et al., 2021: 26.
• Senior synonym of Monomorium bicolor rufibasis: Santschi, 1926b: 240 (in text); Santschi, 1927e: 244; Bolton, 1987: 338; Bolton, 1995b: 259.
• Senior synonym of Monomorium bicolor tropicale: Bolton, 1987: 338; Bolton, 1995b: 259.
• Senior synonym of Monomorium bicolor uelense: Bolton, 1987: 338; Bolton, 1995b: 259.

Junior synonyms

• Monomorium bicolor aequatoriale Santschi, 1926
• Monomorium bicolor coerulescens Santschi, 1912
• Monomorium bicolor rufibasis Santschi, 1914
• Monomorium bicolor tropicale Santschi, 1926
• Monomorium bicolor uelense Santschi, 1926
• Monomorium phoenicum Santschi, 1927
  Obsolete combination(s): Monomorium subopacum phoenicum

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