• Lectotype designation: Snelling, 1976: 138.
• Snelling, 1976: 136 (q.m.)
• Combination in Myrmecocystus (Myrmecocystus): Snelling, 1976: 135.
• As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Wheeler, 1908g: 355; Wheeler, 1910a: 571; Wheeler, 1912e: 174 (in key); Emery, 1925d: 239; Cole, 1937b: 138; Smith, 1951c: 856.
• Junior synonym of Myrmecocystus semirufus: Creighton, 1950a: 449; Smith, 1958c: 152.
• Status as species: Snelling, 1969b: 6 (in text); Snelling, 1976: 135 (redescription); Yensen et al., 1977: 184; Smith, 1979: 1448; Snelling & George, 1979: 237; Allred, 1982: 489; Snelling, 1982b: 84 (in key); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g: 76; Bolton, 1995b: 275; Ward, 2005: 65.
• Senior synonym of Myrmecocystus idahoensis: Snelling, 1976: 135; Smith, 1979: 1448; Snelling & George, 1979: 237; Bolton, 1995b: 275.
• Senior synonym of Myrmecocystus mojave: Snelling, 1969b: 6 (in text); Snelling, 1976: 135; Smith, 1979: 1448; Snelling & George, 1979: 237; Bolton, 1995b: 275.

Junior synonyms

• Myrmecocystus idahoensis Cole, 1936
  Obsolete combination(s): Myrmecocystus mexicanus idahoensis
• Myrmecocystus mojave Wheeler, 1908
  Obsolete combination(s): Myrmecocystus mexicanus mojave

Obsolete combinations

• Myrmecocystus melliger testaceus

Citations

• Allred, D. M. 1982. Ants of Utah. Great Basin Naturalist 42:415-511.
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Cole, A. C., Jr. 1937b. An annotated list of the ants of Arizona (Hym.: Formicidae). [concl.]. Entomological News 48:134-140. PDF
• Creighton, W. S. 1950a. The ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 104:1-585. PDF
• Emery, C. 1893k. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der nordamerikanischen Ameisenfauna. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 7:633-682. PDF
• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183:1-302. PDF
• Smith, D. R. 1979. Superfamily Formicoidea. Pp. 1323-1467 in: Krombein, K. V.; Hurd, P. D.; Smith, D. R.; Burks, B. D. (eds.) 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America north of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. i-xvi, 1199-2209.
• Smith, M. R. 1951c. Family Formicidae. Pp. 778-875 in: Muesebeck, C. F. W.; Krombein, K. V.; Townes, H. K. (eds.) 1951. Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic catalogue. United States Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Monograph 2:1-1420. PDF
• Smith, M. R. 1958c. Family Formicidae. Pp. 108-162 in: Krombein, K. V. (ed.) 1958. Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic catalogue. First supplement. United States Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Monograph 2(suppl. 1):1-305. 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
• Snelling, R. R. 1982b. A revision of the honey ants, genus Myrmecocystus, first supplement (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 81:69-86. PDF
• Snelling, R. R.; George, C. D. 1979. The taxonomy, distribution and ecology of California desert ants. Report to California Desert Plan Program, Bureau of Land Management. Riverside: U.S. Dept. Interior, 335 + 89 pp.
• Ward, P. S. 2005. A synoptic review of the ants of California (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 936:1-68. PDF
• Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1986g. The ants of Nevada. Los Angeles: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, vii + 138 pp. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1908g. Honey ants, with a revision of the American Myrmecocysti. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 24:345-397. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1910a. Ants: their structure, development and behavior. New York: Columbia University Press, xxv + 663 pp. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1912e. Additions to our knowledge of the ants of the genus Myrmecocystus Wesmael. Psyche (Cambridge) 19:172-181. PDF
• Yensen, N. P.; Clark, W. H.; Francoeur, A. 1977. A checklist of Idaho ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Pan-Pacific Entomologist 53:181-187. PDF