• Borgmeier, 1937b: 220 (m.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1952a: 134 (l.).
• Combination in Ectatomma (Gnamptogenys): Emery, 1894d: 145.
• Combination in Gnamptogenys: Mann, 1922: 3; Brown, 1958g: 228, 319; Camacho et al., 2022: 11.
• Status as species: Mayr, 1863a: 449; Mayr, 1886c: 358; Dalla Torre, 1893: 40; Emery, 1894d: 145; Forel, 1895b: 116, 140; Emery, 1896g: 49; Forel, 1899b: 9; Emery, 1906c: 113; Forel, 1908: 340; Emery, 1911e: 45; Bruch, 1914: 213; Wheeler, 1916c: 2; Gallardo, 1918c: 43; Luederwaldt, 1918: 34; Mann, 1922: 3; Borgmeier, 1923: 60; Eidmann, 1936a: 33; Borgmeier, 1937b: 219; Brown, 1958g: 228, 319; Kempf, 1972b: 113; Kempf & Lenko, 1976: 51; Lattke, 1990b: 16; Bolton, 1995b: 209; Lattke, 1995: 176; Lattke et al., 2004: 347; Lattke et al., 2007: 260 (in key); Lattke et al., 2008: 94; Feitosa, 2015c: 98; Guénard & Economo, 2015: 226; Feitosa & Prada-Achiardi, 2019: 672; Camacho et al., 2020: 458 (in key); Marcineiro & Lattke, 2020: 4 (in key); Camacho et al., 2022: 11.
• Senior synonym of Gnamptogenys nodosa (nomen oblitum): Brown, 1958g: 228, 320; Kempf, 1972b: 113; Bolton, 1995b: 209; Lattke, 1995: 176.
• Senior synonym of Gnamptogenys mordax purensis: Brown, 1958g: 228, 320; Kempf, 1972b: 113; Bolton, 1995b: 209; Lattke, 1995: 176.
• Senior synonym of Gnamptogenys mordax sebastiani: Brown, 1958g: 228, 320; Kempf, 1972b: 113; Bolton, 1995b: 209; Lattke, 1995: 176.

Junior synonyms

• Gnamptogenys mordax purensis (Forel, 1912)
  Obsolete combination(s): Ectatomma mordax purensis
• Gnamptogenys mordax sebastiani (Borgmeier, 1937)
  Obsolete combination(s): Ectatomma mordax sebastiani
• Gnamptogenys nodosa (Latreille, 1802)
  Obsolete combination(s): Formica nodosa

Obsolete combinations

• Ectatomma mordax
• Ponera mordax

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