• As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1922c: 198; Creighton, 1930b: 94.
• Subspecies of Solenopsis saevissima: Santschi, 1919f: 43; Santschi, 1923c: 266.
• Junior synonym of Solenopsis saevissima: Wilson, 1952b: 55; Kempf, 1972b: 239.
• Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 391.
• Senior synonym of Solenopsis invicta: Bolton, 1995b: 391.
• [Note: Trager, 1991: 173, cited Solenopsis wagneri as an unavailable (infrasubspecific) name (incorrectly citing its original notation as Solenopsis saevissima subsp. electra var. wagneri), and referred the material to Solenopsis invicta. But Solenopsis wagneri was available, with the original notation cited above, and had priority over Solenopsis invicta. Solenopsis invicta was later conserved over Solenopsis wagneri because of usage, in accord with ICZN (1999): Shattuck et al., 1999: 27.]

Obsolete combinations

• Solenopsis saevissima wagneri

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Creighton, W. S. 1930b. The New World species of the genus Solenopsis (Hymenop. Formicidae). Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 66:39-151. PDF
• Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B:95-206. PDF
• Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
• Santschi, F. 1916e. Formicides sudaméricains nouveaux ou peu connus. Physis (Buenos Aires) 2:365-399. PDF
• Santschi, F. 1919f. Nouveaux formicides de la République Argentine. Anales de la Sociedad Cientifica Argentina 87:37-57. PDF
• Santschi, F. 1923c. Solenopsis et autres fourmis néotropicales. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 30:245-273. PDF
• Shattuck, S. O.; Porter, S. D.; Wojcik, D. P. 1999. Case 3069. Solenopsis invicta Buren, 1972 (Insecta, Hymenoptera): proposed conservation of the specific name. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 56:27-30.
• Trager, J. C. 1991. A revision of the fire ants, Solenopsis geminata group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 99:141-198. PDF
• Wilson, E. O. 1952b. O complexo Solenopsis saevissima na America do Sul (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro 50:49-59. PDF