• Emery, 1906c: 114 (w.)
• Combination in Pachycondyla: Roger, 1863b: 18.
• Combination in Centromyrmex: Emery, 1890b: 74 (in text); Emery, 1890c: 40 (footnote).
• Status as species: Roger, 1863b: 18; Mayr, 1863a: 447; Dalla Torre, 1893: 15; Forel, 1895b: 111; Emery, 1906c: 114; Emery, 1911e: 58; Borgmeier, 1923: 62; Kempf, 1967b: 405 (redescription); Kempf, 1972b: 75; Bolton, 1995b: 140; Wild, 2007b: 38; Bolton & Fisher, 2008c: 25; Feitosa, 2015c: 98; Fernández & Guerrero, 2019: 518; Branstetter & Longino, 2022: 21.
• Senior synonym of Centromyrmex bohemanni: Kempf, 1967b: 405; Kempf, 1972b: 75; Bolton, 1995b: 140.
• Senior synonym of Centromyrmex mirabilis: Branstetter & Longino, 2022: 21.
• Senior synonym of Centromyrmex brachycola paulina: Kempf, 1967b: 405; Kempf, 1972b: 75; Bolton, 1995b: 140.

Junior synonyms

• Centromyrmex bohemanni Mayr, 1866
• Centromyrmex brachycola paulina Forel, 1911
• Centromyrmex mirabilis (MacKay & MacKay, 2010)
  Obsolete combination(s): Cryptopone mirabilis, Pachycondyla mirabilis

Obsolete combinations

• Ponera brachycola

Citations

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