• Espadaler, 1978: 122 (q.m.)
• Combination in Tapinoma: Roger, 1859: 240.
• Combination in Tapinoma (Micromyrma): Menozzi, 1925a: 17.
• Junior synonym of Tapinoma erraticum: Emery & Forel, 1879: 454; Dalla Torre, 1893: 165; Donisthorpe, 1915f: 179; Donisthorpe, 1927c: 200.
• Junior synonym of Tapinoma erraticum atomum: Emery, 1913a: 40.
• Status as species: Nylander, 1856b: 72; Roger, 1859: 240; Roger, 1862b: 257; Roger, 1863b: 14; Mayr, 1863a: 456; Dours, 1873: 166; Menozzi, 1925a: 19 (redescription); Emery, 1925b: 62; Smith, 1958c: 141; Bernard, 1967a: 260 (redescription); Baroni Urbani, 1971c: 162; Kutter, 1977c: 182; Espadaler, 1978: 125; Shattuck, 1994: 151; Bolton, 1995b: 401; Poldi et al., 1995: 6; Espadaler, 1997g: 27; Espadaler & García-Berthou, 1997f: 89; Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009: 478; Borowiec, 2014: 169; Lebas et al., 2016: 120; Seifert et al., 2024: 62.
• Senior synonym of Tapinoma confusum (unnecessary replacement name): Shattuck, 1994: 151; Bolton, 1995b: 401.
• Senior synonym of Tapinoma dufouri (unnecessary replacement name): Shattuck, 1994: 151; Bolton, 1995b: 400.

Junior synonyms

• Tapinoma confusum Smith, 1951
• Tapinoma dufouri Donisthorpe, 1943

Obsolete combinations

• Micromyrma pygmaea

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