• Wheeler, 1912e: 174 (q.m.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1968a: 211 (l.)
• Senior synonym of Myrmecocystus comatus: Snelling, 1969b: 4
• See also: Snelling, 1976: 31

Junior synonyms

• Myrmecocystus comatus Creighton, 1950
• Myrmecocystus melliger orbiceps Wheeler, 1908

Citations

• Forel, A. 1886h. Études myrmécologiques en 1886. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 30:131-215. PDF
• Snelling, R. R. 1969b. Taxonomic notes on the Myrmecocystus melliger complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Contributions in Science (Los Angeles) 170:1-9. PDF
• Snelling, R. R. 1976. A revision of the honey ants, genus Myrmecocystus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Science Bulletin 24:1-163. PDF
• Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1968a. The ant larvae of the subfamily Formicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): supplement. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 61:205-222. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1912e. Additions to our knowledge of the ants of the genus Myrmecocystus Wesmael. Psyche (Cambridge) 19:172-181. PDF