• [Misspelled as levigata by Roger, 1863b: 35; Dalla Torre, 1893: 153, and others.]
• Forel, 1913m: 239 (m.); Gonçalves, 1942: 336 (q.).
• Combination in Atta: Roger, 1863b: 35.
• Combination in Atta (Neoatta): Gonçalves, 1942: 348; Borgmeier, 1959b: 365.
• Combination in Atta (Epiatta): Borgmeier, 1950d: 247.
• Junior synonym of Atta sexdens: Mayr, 1865: 80.
• Subspecies of Atta sexdens: Emery, 1893m: 154 (footnote); Emery, 1913c: 259; Wheeler, 1916c: 11; Wheeler, 1923a: 4.
• Status as species: Roger, 1863b: 35; Mayr, 1863a: 438; Dalla Torre, 1893: 153; Forel, 1895b: 138; Pergande, 1896: 896; Forel, 1905e: 157; Forel, 1908: 348; Forel, 1912f: 179; Forel, 1913m: 239; Crawley, 1916b: 372; Luederwaldt, 1918: 38; Emery, 1924f: 354; Borgmeier, 1927c: 137; Menozzi, 1935b: 197; Eidmann, 1936b: 87; Weber, 1938b: 206; Santschi, 1939f: 166; Borgmeier, 1939: 427; Gonçalves, 1942: 348; Weber, 1946c: 164; Gonçalves, 1947a: 198; Borgmeier, 1950d: 247; Borgmeier, 1959b: 365 (redescription); Kempf, 1972b: 27; Cherrett & Cherrett, 1989: 53; Bolton, 1995b: 76; Delabie, 1998: 339; Wild, 2007b: 30; Fernández et al., 2015: 152 (redescription); Fernández & Serna, 2019: 842.
• Senior synonym of Atta sexdens bolchevista: Borgmeier, 1950d: 243; Borgmeier, 1959b: 365 Kempf, 1972a: 27; Bolton, 1995b: 76; Fernández et al., 2015: 153.
• Senior synonym of Atta silvai: Delabie, 1998: 339; Fernández et al., 2015: 153.
• Senior synonym of Atta laevigata venezuelensis: Borgmeier, 1959b: 365; Kempf, 1972b: 27; Bolton, 1995b: 76; Fernández et al., 2015: 153.

Junior synonyms

• Atta laevigata venezuelensis Gonçalves, 1942
• Atta sexdens bolchevista Gonçalves, 1942
• Atta silvai Gonçalves, 1983

Obsolete combinations

• Oecodoma laevigata

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