Monenchodesmus inermis Silvestri, 1903 (See Introduction)
Monenchodesmus inermis Silvestri, 1903: 8 (first description, in Latin; Coipué and Villarrica, Chile)
Monenchodesmus inermis Silvestri, 1905a: 740 (redescription in Latin of material from Coipué, Corral and Valdivia); plate 35, Fig. 22
Monenchodesmus inermis Silvestri, 1905b: 233 (republication of text from Silvestri (1903))
Monenchodesmus inermis Attems 1938: 182 (in key to Monenchodesmus species), 183 (redescription in German); Fig. 201 (p. 184)
Monenchodesmus inermis Schubart 1954: 318 (in list of Monenchodesmus species)
Monenchodesmus inermis Chamberlin 1957: 16 (briefly noted)
Monenchodesmus inermis Demange & Silva 1976b: Figs 18, 19 (p. 37)
Monenchodesmus inermis Golovatch 2014: 262 (redescription based on new material); Figs 51–55 (p. 263), 56–60 (p. 264) SYNONYM: Monenchodesmus inermis nahuelhuapiensis Schubart, 1954
Monenchodesmus inermis nahuelhuapiensis Schubart 1954: 316 (first description, in Spanish; Isla Victoria en el Lago Nahuel Huapí, Argentina); Figs 9–11 (p. 316), 12 (p. 317), 13 (p. 318) Figs 9–13
Monenchodesmus inermis nahuelhuapiensis Golovatch 2014: 262 (first synonymized with Monenchodesmus inermis)
SYNONYM: Monenchodesmus tiganus Chamberlin, 1957
Monenchodesmus tiganus Chamberlin 1957: 17 (first description, in English; 20 km east of Puyehue, Osorno, Chile); Fig. 16 (p. 18)
Monenchodesmus tiganus Golovatch 2014: 262 (first synonymized with Monenchodesmus inermi s)
SYNONYM: Odontopeltis gayanus Attems, 1898 (See Introduction)
Odontopeltis Gayanus Attems 1898: 398 (in key to species of Odontopeltis), 406 (description in German of material from Valdivia and Corral, Chile); plate 7, Fig. 157
Odontopeltis Gayanus Silvestri 1903: 8 (renamed Monenchodesmus inermis from Odontopeltis gayanus Attems, 1898 nec Gervais, 1847)
Odontopeltis gayanus Silvestri 1905a: 740 (first listed as synonym of Monenchodesmus inermis)