• [Also described as new by Forel, 1893j: 370.]
• Kempf, 1963b: 425 (q.); Dos Santos et al., 2024: 497 (m.)
• Combination in Mycocepurus: Wheeler & Mann, 1914: 42
• Status as species: Wheeler, 1905c: 130; Wheeler, 1907d: 717 (redescription); Forel, 1912f: 187; Wheeler & Mann, 1914: 42; Wheeler, 1916f: 325; Mann, 1920b: 430; Wheeler, 1922e: 13; Emery, 1924f: 335; Wheeler, 1936c: 204; Weber, 1937: 378; Weber, 1945: 16; Weber, 1946c: 128; Kempf, 1963b: 425 (redescription); Kempf, 1972b: 147; Brandão, 1991: 358; Bolton, 1995b: 269; Mackay et al., 2004: 5; Wild, 2007b: 34; Bezděčková et al., 2015: 118; Fernández & Serna, 2019: 862; Lubertazzi, 2019: 132; Dos Santos et al., 2024: 497.
• Senior synonym of Mycocepurus attaxenus: Kempf, 1963b: 425; Kempf, 1972b: 147; Bolton, 1995b: 269; Mackay et al., 2004: 5.
• Senior synonym of Mycocepurus bolivianus: Kempf, 1963b: 425; Kempf, 1972b: 147; Bolton, 1995b: 269; Mackay et al., 2004: 5.
• Senior synonym of Mycocepurus smithii borinquenensis: Kempf, 1963b: 425; Kempf, 1972b: 147; Bolton, 1995b: 269; Mackay et al., 2004: 5.
• Senior synonym of Mycocepurus smithii eucarnitae: Kempf, 1963b: 425; Kempf, 1972b: 147; Bolton, 1995b: 269; Mackay et al., 2004: 5.
• Senior synonym of Mycocepurus manni: Kempf, 1963b: 425; Kempf, 1972b: 147; Bolton, 1995b: 269; Mackay et al., 2004: 5.
• Senior synonym of Mycocepurus reconditus: Kempf, 1963b: 425; Kempf, 1972b: 147; Bolton, 1995b: 269; Mackay et al., 2004: 5.
• Senior synonym of Mycocepurus smithii tolteca: Kempf, 1963b: 425; Kempf, 1972b: 147; Bolton, 1995b: 269; Mackay et al., 2004: 5.
• Senior synonym of Mycocepurus smithii trinidadensis: Kempf, 1963b: 425; Kempf, 1972b: 147; Bolton, 1995b: 269; Mackay et al., 2004: 5.

Junior synonyms

• Mycocepurus attaxenus (Eidmann, 1936)
  Obsolete combination(s): Trachymyrmex attaxenus
• Mycocepurus bolivianus Weber, 1938
• Mycocepurus manni Weber, 1938
• Mycocepurus reconditus Borgmeier, 1937
• Mycocepurus smithii borinquenensis (Wheeler, 1907)
  Obsolete combination(s): Atta smithii borinquenensis
• Mycocepurus smithii eucarnitae Forel, 1913
• Mycocepurus smithii tolteca (Wheeler, 1907)
  Obsolete combination(s): Atta smithii tolteca
• Mycocepurus smithii trinidadensis Weber, 1937

Obsolete combinations

• Atta smithii

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