• Norton, 1868c: 9 (s.w.)
• Combination in Atta: Roger, 1863b: 35.
• Combination in Atta (Archeatta): Gonçalves, 1942: 343.
• Junior synonym of Atta fervens: Roger, 1863b: 35; Mayr, 1865: 81; Forel, 1885a: 362; Mayr, 1886d: 442; Dalla Torre, 1893: 152; Forel, 1899b: 33.
• Subspecies of Atta insularis: Emery, 1913c: 259; Emery, 1924f: 354.
• Status as species: Mayr, 1863a: 438; Norton, 1868a: 66; Norton, 1868c: 9; Wheeler, 1907d: 703; Wheeler, 1934f: 140; Wheeler, 1935g: 34; Gonçalves, 1942: 343; Borgmeier, 1950d: 261; Smith, 1951c: 832; Smith, 1958c: 138; Borgmeier, 1959b: 351 (redescription); Smith, 1967a: 363; Kempf, 1972b: 27; Hunt & Snelling, 1975: 22; Smith, 1979: 1413; Cherrett & Cherrett, 1989: 53; Bolton, 1995b: 76; Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012: 257.

Obsolete combinations

• Oecodoma mexicana

Citations

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