• Lectotype designation: Snelling & Longino, 1992: 491.
• [Also described as new by Spinola, 1853: 65.]
• Emery, 1894d: 224 (q.); Wheeler, 1949: 668 (l.)
• Combination in Cyphomyrmex: Emery, 1893j: 2.
• Combination in Atta (Cyphomyrmex): Forel, 1912f: 188.
• Combination in Cyphomyrmex: Bruch, 1914: 217.
• Status as species: Smith, 1853: 223; Smith, 1858a: 190; Smith, 1862d: 409; Mayr, 1863a: 406; Roger, 1863b: 38; Dalla Torre, 1893: 150; Forel, 1893j: 374; Emery, 1893j: 2; Emery, 1894d: 225; Forel, 1895b: 137; Forel, 1897b: 300; Forel, 1899b: 40; Wheeler, 1905c: 130; Wheeler, 1907b: 275; Wheeler, 1907d: 719 (redescription); Forel, 1908a: 69; Wheeler, 1911b: 170; Forel, 1911g: 257; Bruch, 1914: 217; Wheeler & Mann, 1914: 42; Gallardo, 1916e: 323; Mann, 1916: 459; Luederwaldt, 1918: 39; Wheeler, 1922e: 13; Emery, 1924f: 342; Wheeler, 1925a: 45; Borgmeier, 1927c: 126; Aguayo, 1932: 223; Borgmeier, 1934: 107; Weber, 1938b: 188; Weber, 1940b: 410 (in key); Weber, 1941b: 99; Weber, 1945: 5; Weber, 1946c: 116; Weber, 1948b: 83; Kusnezov, 1949d: 439; Creighton, 1950a: 316; Smith, 1951c: 829; Kusnezov, 1953c: 338; Kusnezov, 1957e: 10 (in key); Smith, 1958c: 137; Weber, 1958e: 259; Kempf, 1961b: 519; Kempf, 1966: 198; Smith, 1967a: 363; Kempf, 1972b: 93; Hunt & Snelling, 1975: 22; Smith, 1979: 1410; Snelling & George, 1979: 147; Zolessi et al., 1988: 5; Deyrup et al., 1989: 98; Brandão, 1991: 339; Snelling & Longino, 1992: 491; Bolton, 1995b: 168; Deyrup et al., 2000: 300; Mackay & Mackay, 2002: 102; Deyrup, 2003: 44; MacGown & Forster, 2005: 69; Wild, 2007b: 33; Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012: 258; Bezděčková et al., 2015: 117; Deyrup, 2017: 70; Fernández & Serna, 2019: 850; Lubertazzi, 2019: 109; Herrera et al., 2024: 178.
• Senior synonym of Cyphomyrmex cochunae: Snelling & Longino, 1992: 491; Bolton, 1995b: 168.
• Senior synonym of Cyphomyrmex rimosus curiapensis: Snelling & Longino, 1992: 491; Bolton, 1995b: 168.
• Senior synonym of Cyphomyrmex difformis: Emery, 1893j: 2; Forel, 1893h: 607; Forel, 1893j: 374; Dalla Torre, 1893: 150; Emery, 1894d: 224; Forel, 1895b: 137; Forel, 1899b: 40; Wheeler, 1907d: 719; Gallardo, 1916e: 323; Emery, 1924f: 342; Smith, 1951c: 829; Kempf, 1966: 162; Kempf, 1972b: 93; Smith, 1979: 1410; Snelling & George, 1979: 147; Snelling & Longino, 1992: 491; Bolton, 1995b: 168.
• Senior synonym of Cyphomyrmex rimosus fuscula: Snelling & Longino, 1992: 491; Bolton, 1995b: 168.
• Senior synonym of Cyphomyrmex rimosus fuscus: Snelling & Longino, 1992: 491; Bolton, 1995b: 168.

Junior synonyms

• Cyphomyrmex cochunae Kusnezov, 1949
  Obsolete combination(s): Cyphomyrmex rimosus cochunae
• Cyphomyrmex difformis (Smith, 1858)
  Obsolete combination(s): Meranoplus difformis
• Cyphomyrmex rimosus curiapensis Weber, 1938
• Cyphomyrmex rimosus fuscula Emery, 1924
• Cyphomyrmex rimosus fuscus Emery, 1894

Obsolete combinations

• Atta rimosa
• Cryptocerus rimosus

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