• Forel, 1899b: 8 (q.m.)
• Combination in Ectatomma (Gnamptogenys): Emery, 1893m: 26; Emery, 1896g: 51.
• Combination in Gnamptogenys: Mayr, 1886c: 358; Brown, 1958g: 229; Camacho et al., 2022: 11.
• Status as species: Roger, 1861a: 18; Mayr, 1863a: 450; Mayr, 1886c: 358; Dalla Torre, 1893: 26; Forel, 1895b: 113; Emery, 1896g: 51; Forel, 1899b: 8; Emery, 1911e: 45; Mann, 1916: 407; Borgmeier, 1923: 61; Brown, 1958g: 229, 329; Kempf, 1961b: 492; Kempf, 1972b: 115; Lattke, 1990b: 21; Brandão, 1991: 345; Bolton, 1995b: 211; Lattke, 1995: 188; Lattke et al., 2004: 349; Wild, 2007b: 27; Lattke et al., 2007: 262 (in key); Lattke et al., 2008: 99; Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012: 255; Feitosa, 2015c: 98; Guénard & Economo, 2015: 226; Feitosa & Prada-Achiardi, 2019: 673; Camacho et al., 2020: 460 (in key); Camacho et al., 2022: 11.
• Senior synonym of Gnamptogenys sulcata cearensis: Brown, 1958g: 229, 330; Kempf, 1972b: 115; Bolton, 1995b: 211; Lattke, 1995: 188.
• Senior synonym of Gnamptogenys sulcata lineata: Brown, 1958g: 229, 330; Kempf, 1972b: 115; Bolton, 1995b: 211; Lattke, 1995: 188.
• Senior synonym of Gnamptogenys sulcata nitens: Brown, 1958g: 229, 330; Kempf, 1972b: 115; Bolton, 1995b: 211; Lattke, 1995: 188.
• Senior synonym of Gnamptogenys tornata: Lattke, 1995: 188.
• Senior synonym of Gnamptogenys ypirangensis: Brown, 1958g: 229, 330; Kempf, 1972b: 115; Bolton, 1995b: 211; Lattke, 1995: 188.

Junior synonyms

• Gnamptogenys sulcata cearensis (Forel, 1912)
  Obsolete combination(s): Ectatomma sulcatum cearensis
• Gnamptogenys sulcata lineata Mayr, 1870
  Obsolete combination(s): Gnamptogenys lineata
• Gnamptogenys sulcata nitens (Mann, 1916)
  Obsolete combination(s): Ectatomma sulcatum nitens
• Gnamptogenys tornata (Roger, 1861)
  Obsolete combination(s): Ponera tornata, Ectatomma tornatum
• Gnamptogenys ypirangensis Borgmeier, 1928

Obsolete combinations

• Ectatomma sulcatum
• Ponera sulcata

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