• Combination in Hylomyrma: Borgmeier, 1927c: 77.
• Status as species: Emery, 1921c: 49; Borgmeier, 1927c: 77.
• Junior synonym of Hylomyrma reitteri: Kempf, 1960f: 430; Kempf, 1972b: 118; Kempf, 1973b: 247; Kutter, 1977a: 88; Bolton, 1995b: 213; Pierce et al., 2017: 137; Ulysséa & Brandão, 2021: 100.

Obsolete combinations

• Pogonomyrmex goeldii

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Borgmeier, T. 1927c. Catalogo systematico e synonymico das formigas do Brasil. 2 parte. Subf. Pseudomyrminae, Myrmicinae, Formicidae. Archivos do Museu Nacional (Rio de Janeiro) 29:69-164. PDF
• Emery, C. 1921c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174A:1-94 + 7 plates. PDF
• Forel, A. 1912h. Formicides néotropiques. Part IV. 3me sous-famille Myrmicinae Lep. (suite). Mémoires de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 20:1-32. PDF
• Kempf, W. W. 1960f. Miscellaneous studies on Neotropical ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Studia Entomologica (n.s.)3:417-466. PDF
• Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
• Kempf, W. W. 1973b. A revision of the Neotropical myrmicine ant genus Hylomyrma Forel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Studia Entomologica 16:225-260. PDF
• Kutter, H. 1977a. Zur Kenntnis der Gattung Hylomyrma (Hym. Formicidae, Subf. Myrmicinae). Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 50:85-89. PDF
• Pierce, M. P.; Branstetter, M. G.; Longino, J. T. 2017. Integrative taxonomy reveals multiple cryptic species within Central American Hylomyrma Forel, 1912 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecological News 25:131-143. PDF
• Ulysséa, M. A.; Brandão, C. R. F. 2021. Taxonomic revision of the Neotropical ant genus Hylomyrma Forel, 1912 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae), with the description of fourteen new species. Zootaxa 5055 (1):1-137. 10.11646/zootaxa.5055.1.1 PDF