• Neotype designation: Hamm, 2010: 24.
• [Misspelled as sessele by Chapman & Capco, 1951: 193.]
• Emery, 1895d: 333 (q.m.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1951: 196 (l.); Crozier, 1970a: 119 (k.); Taber & Cokendolpher, 1988: 95 (k.)
• Combination in Tapinoma: Smith, 1858a: 57
• Status as species: Smith, 1858a: 57; Roger, 1863b: 14; Mayr, 1863a: 456; Mayr, 1886d: 434; Cresson, 1887: 258; Dalla Torre, 1893: 166; Pergande, 1893: 30; Emery, 1895d: 332; Forel, 1899b: 101; Forel, 1900h: 285; Wheeler, 1900c: 48; Wheeler, 1902g: 20; Viereck, 1903: 71; Ruzsky, 1905b: 480; Wheeler, 1905j: 389; Wheeler, 1906i: 342; Wheeler, 1908i: 622; Wheeler, 1910a: 569; Santschi, 1911d: 7; Emery, 1913a: 40; Wheeler, 1913d: 116; Wheeler, 1914c: 55; Wheeler, 1916r: 590; Wheeler, 1917a: 522; Wheeler, 1917k: 462; Kiseleva, 1925: 74; Ruzsky, 1925b: 45; Essig, 1926: 863; Smith, 1928a: 307; Smith, 1930a: 5; Wheeler, 1932a: 13; Cole, 1936a: 36; Ruzsky, 1936: 95; Cole, 1937b: 136; Dennis, 1938: 293; Wing, 1939: 163; Wesson & Wesson, 1940: 100; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1944: 249; Buren, 1944a: 292; Ruzsky, 1946: 70; Creighton, 1950a: 353; Smith, 1951c: 838; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 193; Smith, 1958c: 141; Carter, 1962a: 7 (in list); Francoeur & Béique, 1966a: 143; Beck et al., 1967: 73; Smith, 1967a: 365; Hunt & Snelling, 1975: 22; Francoeur, 1977b: 207; Yensen et al., 1977: 183; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1978b: 392; Francoeur & Snelling, 1979: 6; Smith, 1979: 1421; Snelling & George, 1979: 160; Allred, 1982: 506; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g: 58; DuBois & LaBerge, 1988: 144; MacKay et al., 1988: 103; Deyrup et al., 1989: 99; Kupyanskaya, 1990a: 156; Blacker, 1992: 9; Shattuck, 1992c: 153; Shattuck, 1994: 153; Wheeler et al., 1994: 304; Bolton, 1995b: 401; Mackay & Mackay, 2002: 265; Deyrup, 2003: 47; Coovert, 2005: 111; MacGown & Forster, 2005: 64; Ward, 2005: 27; Hamm, 2010: 24; Ellison et al., 2012: 106; Deyrup, 2017: 177; Cover & Rabeling, 2024: 114 (in key).
• Senior synonym of Tapinoma boreale Roger, 1863a: Mayr, 1886d: 434; Pergande, 1893: 30; Emery, 1895d: 332; Emery, 1913a: 40; Buren, 1944a: 292; Creighton, 1950a: 353; Smith, 1951c: 838; Francoeur & Béique, 1966a: 143; Smith, 1979: 1421; Snelling & George, 1979: 160; Shattuck, 1994: 153; Bolton, 1995b: 401; Hamm, 2010: 21.
• Senior synonym of Tapinoma boreale Provancher, 1887b: Mayr, 1886d: 434; Pergande, 1893: 30; Emery, 1895d: 332; Creighton, 1950a: 353; Smith, 1951c: 838; Francoeur & Béique, 1966a: 143; Smith, 1979: 1422; Shattuck, 1994: 153; Bolton, 1995b: 401.
• Senior synonym of Tapinoma dimmocki: Shattuck, 1992c: 153; Shattuck, 1994: 153; Bolton, 1995b: 401; Hamm, 2010: 21; Cover & Rabeling, 2024: 128.
• Senior synonym of Tapinoma gracile: Emery, 1895d: 337; Wheeler, 1902g: 20; Emery, 1913a: 40; Creighton, 1950a: 353; Smith, 1951c: 838; Smith, 1979: 1421; Snelling & George, 1979: 160; Shattuck, 1994: 153; Bolton, 1995b: 401; Hamm, 2010: 21.
• Senior synonym of Tapinoma parva: Mayr, 1886d: 434; Cresson, 1887: 256; Pergande, 1893: 30; Dalla Torre, 1893: 166; Emery, 1895d: 332; Forel, 1899b: 101; Ruzsky, 1905b: 480; Emery, 1913a: 40; Creighton, 1950a: 353; Smith, 1951c: 838; Smith, 1979: 1421; Snelling & George, 1979: 160; Shattuck, 1994: 153; Bolton, 1995b: 401; Hamm, 2010: 21.

Junior synonyms

• Tapinoma boreale Roger, 1863
• Tapinoma boreale Provancher, 1887
• Tapinoma dimmocki (Wheeler, 1915)
  Obsolete combination(s): Bothriomyrmex dimmocki
• Tapinoma gracile (Buckley, 1866)
  Obsolete combination(s): Formica gracilis
• Tapinoma parva (Buckley, 1866)
  Obsolete combination(s): Formica parva

Obsolete combinations

• Formica sessilis

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