Pseudomyrma variabilis Smith, 1877b: 62 (w.) BARBADOS. Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Ward, 1989a: 439). Primary type locality: Barbados: (no further data). Primary type depository: BMNH. Type notes: Ward, 1989a: 440 (in text), says that a second specimen, on the same card as the lectotype, is not conspecific and is excluded from the type series.