• Roger, 1861a: 34 (q.); Clark, 1925b: 143 (q.m.); Clark, 1951: 69 (ergatoid q.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1971d: 254 (l.)
• Status as species: Roger, 1861a: 34; Mayr, 1862: 725 (in key); Roger, 1863b: 22; Mayr, 1863a: 431; Dalla Torre, 1893: 22; Forel, 1907j: 264; Emery, 1911e: 19; Poulton, 1922: 119; Clark, 1925b: 143; Crawley, 1926: 376 (redescription); Wheeler, 1933i: 36; Clark, 1951: 67 (redescription); Douglas & Brown, 1959: 14; Haskins & Haskins, 1974: 258; Kugler, 1980b: 265; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 17; Taylor, 1987a: 46; Ogata, 1991a: 358; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1638 (in key), 1661; Bolton, 1995b: 273; Heterick, 2009: 121.
• Senior synonym of Myrmecia vindex basirufa: Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1661; Bolton, 1995b: 273.

Junior synonyms

• Myrmecia vindex basirufa Forel, 1907

Citations

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