• Emery, 1896g: 39 (s.w.); Wheeler, 1921d: 304 (q.); Emery, 1899f: 6 (l.).
• Combination in Eciton: Emery, 1890c: 39.
• See also: Borgmeier, 1939: 404; Borgmeier, 1955: 178; Wheeler, 1943: 328; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1974c: 169; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1984a: 270.
• Current subspecies: nominal plus E. b. cupiens, E. b. foreli, E. b. parvispinum, E. b. urichi.

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