• Combination in Acromyrmex: Santschi, 1925a: 379
• Junior synonym of Acromyrmex aspersus: Emery, 1905f: 48; Gallardo, 1916e: 328; Emery, 1924f: 348.
• Subspecies of Acromyrmex rugosus: Santschi, 1925a: 379; Borgmeier, 1927c: 134; Gonçalves, 1961: 162; Kempf, 1972b: 14; Bolton, 1995b: 56.
• Senior synonym of Acromyrmex rugosus navarroi: Gonçalves, 1961: 162; Kempf, 1972b: 14; Bolton, 1995b: 56.

Junior synonyms

• Acromyrmex rugosus navarroi Borgmeier, 1937

Obsolete combinations

• Atta rugosa rochai

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Borgmeier, T. 1927c. Catalogo systematico e synonymico das formigas do Brasil. 2 parte. Subf. Pseudomyrminae, Myrmicinae, Formicidae. Archivos do Museu Nacional (Rio de Janeiro) 29:69-164. PDF
• Emery, C. 1905f. Revisione delle specie del genere Atta appartenenti ai sottogeneri Moellerius e Acromyrmex. Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna (6)2:39-54 [pagination of separate: 107-122].
• Emery, C. 1924f ("1922"). Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [concl.]. Genera Insectorum 174C:207-397. PDF
• Forel, A. 1904d. Miscellanea myrmécologiques. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 12:1-52. PDF
• Gallardo, A. 1916e. Notes systématiques et éthologiques sur les fourmis attines de la République Argentine. Anales del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Buenos Aires 28:317-344. PDF
• Gonçalves, C. R. 1961. O genero Acromyrmex no Brasil (Hym. Formicidae). Studia Entomologica 4:113-180. PDF
• Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
• Santschi, F. 1925a. Revision du genre Acromyrmex Mayr. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 31:355-398. PDF