• Combination in Pheidole: Roger, 1859: 259.
• Combination in Diplorhoptrum: Smith, 1871c: 4; White, 1884: 268.
• Combination in Monomorium: Mayr, 1863a: 429; Dalla Torre, 1893: 68.
• Smith, 1851: 119 (m.)
• Status as species: Erichson, 1839: 357; Smith, 1851: 5; Curtis, 1854: 217; Smith, 1855b: 130; Nylander, 1856b: 98; Smith, 1871c: 4; White, 1884: 268.
• Junior synonym of Solenopsis molesta Say, 1836: Smith, 1858b: 284; Smith, 1858a: 122; Roger, 1859: 259; Smith, 1861b: 45.
• Junior synonym of Monomorium pharaonis: Roger, 1862c: 294; Mayr, 1863a: 429; Roger, 1863b: 32; Mayr, 1865: 90; Mayr, 1872: 152; Emery & Forel, 1879: 467; Saunders, 1880: 222; Forel, 1891c: 164; Dalla Torre, 1893: 68; Ruzsky, 1905b: 638; Wheeler, 1908a: 127; Forel, 1915d: 39 (in key); Donisthorpe, 1915f: 96; Wheeler, 1919d: 271; Emery, 1922c: 174; Wheeler, 1922: 866; Donisthorpe, 1927c: 103; Karavaiev, 1934: 118; Bolton, 1987: 356; Bolton, 1995b: 261; Tiwari, 1999: 55; Zhou, 2001a: 113; Heterick, 2006: 100; Radchenko, 2016: 186.

Obsolete combinations

• Myrmica domestica

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