• Longino, 2006a: 14 (w.m.)
• Combination in Aphomomyrmex (Neaphomus): Gregg, 1954a: 104.
• Combination in Neaphomus: Kempf, 1972b: 152.
• Combination in Myrmelachista: Snelling & Hunt, 1976: 110.
• Status as species: Gregg, 1954a: 104; Kempf, 1972b: 152; Snelling & Hunt, 1976: 110; Brandão, 1991: 358; Bolton, 1995b: 276; Longino, 2006a: 14 (redescription).

Obsolete combinations

• Camponotus cooperi

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Brandão, C. R. F. 1991. Adendos ao catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 35:319-412. PDF
• Gregg, R. E. 1951. Two new species of exotic ants. Psyche (Cambridge) 58:77-84. PDF
• Gregg, R. E. 1954a ("1953"). Taxonomic notes on the ant, Camponotus cooperi Gregg. Psyche (Cambridge) 60:102-104. PDF
• Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
• Longino, J. T. 2006a. A taxonomic review of the genus Myrmelachista (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Costa Rica. Zootaxa 1141:1-54. PDF
• Snelling, R. R.; Hunt, J. H. 1976 ("1975"). The ants of Chile (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Revista Chilena de Entomología 9:63-129. PDF