• [Misspelled as fargeaui by Dalla Torre, 1893: 2; Emery, 1896g: 38; Emery, 1910b: 21, and others.]
• [Misspelled as fargeani by Luederwaldt, 1918: 37.]
• Combination in Eciton: Dalla Torre, 1893: 2.
• Combination in Mayromyrmex: Ashmead, 1905c: 381.
• Combination in Eciton: Emery, 1906a: 718.
• Status as species: Westwood, 1842: 74; Smith, 1859c: 4; Roger, 1863b: 41; Mayr, 1863a: 424; Dalla Torre, 1893: 2; Forel, 1895b: 119.
• Junior synonym of Eciton quadriglume: Emery, 1896g: 38; Emery, 1900e: 185; Emery, 1910b: 21; Wheeler, 1911g: 166; Luederwaldt, 1918: 37; Borgmeier, 1923: 39; Borgmeier, 1953: 15; Borgmeier, 1955: 196; Kempf, 1972b: 103; Bolton, 1995b: 184.

Obsolete combinations

• Labidus fargeavii

Citations

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