• Lectotype designation: Ward, 1999a: 76.
• Watkins, 1972: 364 (q.)
• Combination in Eciton (Acamatus): Emery, 1894d: 182 (in text).
• Combination in Eciton (Neivamyrmex): Smith, 1942c: 560.
• Combination in Neivamyrmex: Borgmeier, 1953: 8.
• Status as species: Mayr, 1886b: 121 (in key); Mayr, 1886d: 440; Cresson, 1887: 259; Dalla Torre, 1893: 2; Emery, 1894d: 184 (in key); Emery, 1895d: 259; Forel, 1899b: 28; Wheeler, 1908h: 411; Emery, 1910b: 24; Wheeler, 1910a: 562; Essig, 1926: 869; Smith, 1938b: 158; Smith, 1942c: 560 (redescription); Creighton, 1950a: 70; Smith, 1951c: 780; Borgmeier, 1955: 517 (redescription); Smith, 1958c: 109; Smith, 1967a: 345; Watkins, 1971: 94 (in key); Watkins, 1972: 363; Watkins, 1976: 15 (in key); Smith, 1979: 1330; Snelling & George, 1979: 28; Allred, 1982: 492; Watkins, 1985: 482 (in key); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g: 20; Bolton, 1995b: 288; Ward, 1999a: 76 (redescription); Ward, 2005: 62; Snelling & Snelling, 2007: 467.
• Senior synonym of Neivamyrmex californicus obscura: Borgmeier, 1955: 517; Smith, 1958c: 109; Smith, 1979: 1330; Snelling & George, 1979: 28; Bolton, 1995b: 288; Ward, 1999a: 76; Snelling & Snelling, 2007: 467.

Junior synonyms

• Neivamyrmex californicus obscura (Forel, 1914)
  Obsolete combination(s): Eciton californicum obscura

Obsolete combinations

• Eciton californicum

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