• Combination in Eciton (Labidus): Mayr, 1886d: 441.
• Combination in Mayromyrmex: Ashmead, 1905c: 382.
• Combination in Cheliomyrmex: Wheeler, 1921d: 324.
• Status as species: Roger, 1863b: 42; Mayr, 1863a: 425; Dalla Torre, 1893: 4; Forel, 1899b: 27; Emery, 1900e: 177 (in key); Emery, 1910b: 23; Forel, 1912d: 43; Wheeler, 1921d: 324; Mann, 1922: 18; Borgmeier, 1936b: 65; Borgmeier, 1955: 63 (redescription); Kempf, 1960e: 387; Kempf, 1972b: 77; Gotwald & Kupiec, 1975: 961; Watkins, 1976: 7 (in key); Watkins, 1982: 209; Bolton, 1995b: 145; Palacio, 1999: 148 (in key); Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012: 254; Palacio, 2019: 588.
• Senior synonym of Cheliomyrmex nortoni: Wheeler, 1921d: 324; Borgmeier, 1955: 63; Kempf, 1972b: 77; Bolton, 1995b: 145.
• Senior synonym of Cheliomyrmex morosus payarum: Borgmeier, 1955: 63; Kempf, 1972b: 77; Bolton, 1995b: 145.

Junior synonyms

• Cheliomyrmex morosus payarum (Forel, 1899)
  Obsolete combination(s): Eciton morosum payarum
• Cheliomyrmex nortoni Mayr, 1870

Obsolete combinations

• Eciton morosum
• Labidus morosus

Citations

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