Taxonomic history
Kallal & LaPolla, 2012 PDF: 19 (q.m.).Combination in Paratrechina (Nylanderia): Emery, 1925d PDF: 221.Combination in Nylanderia: LaPolla et al., 2010a PDF: 127.Junior synonym of Nylanderia arenivaga: Creighton, 1950a PDF: 408; Smith, 1958c PDF: 146; Smith, 1979: 1443.Subspecies of Nylanderia arenivaga: Emery, 1925d PDF: 221; Smith, 1951c PDF: 848.Status as species: Trager, 1984b PDF: 93 (redescription); Deyrup et al., 1989 PDF: 100; Bolton, 1995b: 313; Deyrup, 2003 PDF: 45; Coovert, 2005 PDF: 115; MacGown & Forster, 2005 PDF: 65; Kallal & LaPolla, 2012 PDF: 19 (redescription); Deyrup, 2017: 215.