Taxonomic history
Combination in Cataglyphis: Mayr, 1876 PDF: 78.Combination in Melophorus: Forel, 1902j PDF: 488.Combination in Melophorus: Forel, 1902j PDF: 488.Status as species: Mayr, 1876: 78 (redescription); Dalla Torre, 1893: 216; Emery, 1925b: 11; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 122; Bolton, 1995b: 250; Heterick et al., 2017 10.3897/zookeys.700.11784 PDF: 75 (redescription).Senior synonym of Melophorus constans: Heterick et al., 2017 10.3897/zookeys.700.11784 PDF: 75.Senior synonym of Melophorus iridescens fraudatrix: Heterick et al., 2017 10.3897/zookeys.700.11784 PDF: 75.Senior synonym of Melophorus iridescens froggatti: Heterick et al., 2017 10.3897/zookeys.700.11784 PDF: 75.Senior synonym of Melophorus insularis: Heterick et al., 2017 10.3897/zookeys.700.11784 PDF: 75.Senior synonym of Melophorus iridescens: Heterick et al., 2017 10.3897/zookeys.700.11784 PDF: 75.
