Taxonomic history
Combination in Prenolepis: Mayr, 1876 PDF: 78.Combination in Paratrechina: Emery, 1925d PDF: 223.Combination in Nylanderia: LaPolla et al., 2010a PDF: 127.Synonym of Nylanderia picea: Wheeler, 1902g PDF: 24.Junior synonym of Nylanderia vividula: Mayr, 1876 PDF: 78; Emery & Forel, 1879 PDF: 466; Mayr, 1886d PDF: 431; Cresson, 1887 PDF: 257; Forel, 1891c PDF: 85; Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 180; Emery, 1925d PDF: 223; Smith, 1951c PDF: 849; Smith, 1979: 1444.Status as species: Trager, 1984b PDF: 81 (redescription); MacKay et al., 1988: 120; Bolton, 1995b: 315; Mackay & Mackay, 2002 PDF: 404; Coovert, 2005 PDF: 117; Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012 PDF: 256; Kallal & LaPolla, 2012 PDF: 33 (redescription).Senior synonym of Nylanderia melanderi: Trager, 1984b PDF: 81; Bolton, 1995b: 315; Kallal & LaPolla, 2012 PDF: 33.
