• Emery, 1895d: 259 (w.); Wheeler, 1921d: 314 (q.m.)
• Combination in Eciton (Neivamyrmex): Smith, 1942c: 564.
• Combination in Neivamyrmex: Borgmeier, 1953: 6.
• Status as species: Emery, 1895d: 259 (description); Wheeler, 1904f: 300; Emery, 1910b: 24; Wheeler, 1910a: 562; Wheeler, 1921d: 314; Smith, 1928b: 245; Dennis, 1938: 278; Smith, 1938b: 158; Smith, 1942c: 564 (redescription); Creighton, 1950a: 71; Smith, 1951c: 780; Borgmeier, 1955: 507 (redescription); Carter, 1962a: 6 (in list); Smith, 1967a: 345; Watkins, 1971: 94 (in key); Watkins, 1972: 350 (in key); Hunt & Snelling, 1975: 20; Watkins, 1976: 16 (in key); Smith, 1979: 1330; Watkins, 1985: 483 (in key); MacKay et al., 1988: 87; Deyrup et al., 1989: 94; Bolton, 1995b: 288; Mackay & Mackay, 2002: 55; Deyrup, 2003: 45; Coovert, 2005: 31; MacGown & Forster, 2005: 67; Snelling & Snelling, 2007: 468; Deyrup, 2017: 37.

Obsolete combinations

• Eciton carolinense

Citations

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