• Wheeler, 1907d: 724 (w.m.)
• Subspecies of Cyphomyrmex rimosus: Wheeler, 1907d: 724; Forel, 1908c: 43; Emery, 1924f: 342; Weber, 1940b: 412 (in key).
• Status as species: Weber, 1958e: 261; Kempf, 1966: 190 (redescription); Kempf, 1968a: 38; Kempf, 1972b: 94; Snelling & Longino, 1992: 490; Bolton, 1995b: 168; Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012: 258; Fernández & Serna, 2019: 850.
• Senior synonym of Cyphomyrmex acutus: Kempf, 1966: 190; Kempf, 1972b: 94; Snelling & Longino, 1992: 492; Bolton, 1995b: 168.
• Senior synonym of Cyphomyrmex championi: Snelling & Longino, 1992: 492.

Junior synonyms

• Cyphomyrmex acutus Weber, 1940
• Cyphomyrmex championi Forel, 1899

Obsolete combinations

• Cyphomyrmex rimosus salvini

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Branstetter, M. G.; Sáenz, L. 2012. Las hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) de Guatemala. Pp. 221-268 in: Cano, E. B.; Schuster, J. C. (eds.) 2012. Biodiversidad de Guatemala. Volumen 2. Guatemala: Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, iv + 328 pp. PDF
• Emery, C. 1924f ("1922"). Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [concl.]. Genera Insectorum 174C:207-397. PDF
• Fernández, F.; Serna, F. J. 2019. Subfamilia Myrmicinae. Capítulo 27. Pp. 791-888 in: Fernández, F.; Guerrero, R. J.; Delsinne, T. (eds.) 2019d. Hormigas de Colombia. Bogotá: Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 1198 pp. PDF
• Forel, A. 1899d. Formicidae. [part]. Biologia Centrali-Americana Hym. 3:25-56. PDF
• Forel, A. 1908c. Fourmis de Costa-Rica récoltées par M. Paul Biolley. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 44:35-72. PDF
• Kempf, W. W. 1966 ("1965"). A revision of the Neotropical fungus-growing ants of the genus Cyphomyrmex Mayr. Part II: Group of rimosus (Spinola) (Hym., Formicidae). Studia Entomologica 8:161-200. PDF
• Kempf, W. W. 1968a. A new species of Cyphomyrmex from Colombia, with further remarks on the genus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Revista Brasileira de Biologia 28:35-41. PDF
• Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
• Snelling, R. R.; Longino, J. T. 1992. Revisionary notes on the fungus-growing ants of the genus Cyphomyrmex, rimosus group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Attini). Pp. 479-494 in: Quintero, D.; Aiello, A. (eds.) 1992. Insects of Panama and Mesoamerica: selected studies. Oxford: Oxford University Press, xxii + 692 pp. PDF
• Weber, N. A. 1940b. The biology of the fungus-growing ants. Part VI. Key to Cyphomyrmex, new Attini and a new guest ant. Revista de Entomologia (Rio de Janeiro) 11:406-427. PDF
• Weber, N. A. 1958e. Some attine synonyms and types (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 60:259-264. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1907d. The fungus-growing ants of North America. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 23:669-807. PDF