• Lectotype designation: Taylor, 2015a: 505.
• Wheeler & Wheeler, 1971d: 252 (l.); Imai et al., 1977: 345 (k.)
• Combination in Myrmecia (Halmamyrmecia): Wheeler, 1922c: 195.
• Combination in Myrmecia (Promyrmecia): Clark, 1929b: 121; Wheeler, 1933i: 56.
• Combination in Promyrmecia: Clark, 1943: 109.
• Combination in Myrmecia: Brown, 1953j: 6.
• Status as species: Roger, 1861a: 35; Mayr, 1862: 726 (in key); Roger, 1863b: 22; Mayr, 1863a: 430; Mayr, 1876: 93; Emery, 1887f: 444; Dalla Torre, 1893: 21; Forel, 1910b: 7; Emery, 1911e: 21; Forel, 1913h: 173; Emery, 1914a: 179; Forel, 1915b: 4; Crawley, 1926: 383 (redescription); Santschi, 1928e: 465; Clark, 1929b: 121; Wheeler, 1933i: 56; Clark, 1934c: 51; Clark, 1943: 109 (redescription); Clark, 1951: 202 (redescription); Brown, 1953j: 6; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 14; Taylor, 1987a: 45; Crosland et al., 1988: 13; Ogata, 1991a: 361; Bolton, 1995b: 272; Taylor, 2015a: 505, 509.
• Senior synonym of Myrmecia ruginoda: Brown, 1953j: 6; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 14; Taylor, 1987a: 45; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1631; Bolton, 1995b: 273; Taylor, 2015a: 505.

Junior synonyms

• Myrmecia ruginoda (Smith, 1858)
  Obsolete combination(s): Ponera ruginoda

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