• Smith, 1855c: 162 (s.); Wheeler, 1912f: 206 (m.); Menozzi, 1931d: 188 (q.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1974c: 170 (l.)
• Combination in Eciton: Smith, 1855c: 162
• Combination in Eciton (Eciton): Emery, 1910b: 21.
• Status as species: Latreille, 1802a: 243; Smith, 1855c: 162; Smith, 1858a: 151; Mayr, 1863a: 409; Roger, 1863b: 36; Mayr, 1886b: 118 (in key); Emery, 1890b: 55; Emery, 1890c: 38; Dalla Torre, 1893: 6; Emery, 1894d: 178; Emery, 1894l: 45; Forel, 1895b: 121; Emery, 1896h: 625; Forel, 1899b: 24; Forel, 1899j: 273; Wheeler, 1907b: 271; Forel, 1908a: 64; Forel, 1909a: 246; Emery, 1910b: 21; Forel, 1912d: 42; Mann, 1916: 420; Luederwaldt, 1918: 37; Santschi, 1920d: 363; Borgmeier, 1923: 40; Santschi, 1923g: 1259; Menozzi, 1931d: 188; Borgmeier, 1934: 93; Eidmann, 1936a: 28; Borgmeier, 1939: 405; Borgmeier, 1948b: 459; Borgmeier, 1953: 13; Borgmeier, 1955: 229 (redescription); Kempf, 1961b: 486; Kempf, 1970b: 323; Kempf, 1972b: 103; Watkins, 1976: 9 (in key); Watkins, 1982: 209 (in key); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1984a: 270; Bolton, 1995b: 186; Palacio, 1999: 151 (in key); Wild, 2007b: 25; Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012: 254; Palacio, 2019: 601.
• Senior synonym of Eciton integrum: Borgmeier, 1953: 13; Borgmeier, 1955: 229; Kempf, 1972b: 103; Bolton, 1995b: 186.
• Senior synonym of Eciton simillima: Smith, 1858a: 151; Mayr, 1863a: 409; Roger, 1863b: 36; Dalla Torre, 1893: 6; Forel, 1895b: 121; Forel, 1899b: 24; Emery, 1910b: 21; Borgmeier, 1923: 40; Borgmeier, 1953: 16; Borgmeier, 1955: 229; Kempf, 1972b: 103; Bolton, 1995b: 186.

Junior synonyms

• Eciton integrum Santschi, 1921
• Eciton simillima Smith, 1855

Obsolete combinations

• Formica vagans

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