• Combination in Cheliomyrmex: Wheeler, 1921d: 324
• Subspecies of Cheliomyrmex morosus: Emery, 1910b: 23; Borgmeier, 1923: 44; Bolton, 1995b: 145.
• Status as species: Wheeler, 1921d: 324; Borgmeier, 1955: 76; Kempf, 1972b: 77; Watkins, 1976: 7 (in key).
• Junior synonym of Cheliomyrmex andicola: Kempf, 1975c: 372; Brandão, 1991: 337.

Obsolete combinations

• Eciton morosum ursinum

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Borgmeier, T. 1923. Catalogo systematico e synonymico das formigas do Brasil. 1 parte. Subfam. Dorylinae, Cerapachyinae, Ponerinae, Dolichoderinae. Archivos do Museu Nacional (Rio de Janeiro) 24:33-103.
• Borgmeier, T. 1955. Die Wanderameisen der neotropischen Region. Studia Entomologica 3:1-720. PDF
• Brandão, C. R. F. 1991. Adendos ao catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 35:319-412. PDF
• Emery, C. 1901d. Note sulle Doriline. Bullettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 33:43-56. PDF
• Emery, C. 1910b. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Dorylinae. Genera Insectorum 102:1-34. PDF
• Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
• Kempf, W. W. 1975c. Miscellaneous studies on neotropical ants. VI. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Studia Entomologica 18:341-380. PDF
• Watkins, J. F., II 1976. The identification and distribution of New World army ants (Dorylinae: Formicidae). Waco, Texas: Baylor University Press, 102 pp. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1921d. Observations on army ants in British Guiana. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 56:291-328. PDF