• Junior synonym of Neivamyrmex pilosus mexicanus: Mayr, 1886b: 120; Borgmeier, 1955: 361; Smith, 1958c: 109; Kempf, 1972b: 158; Bolton, 1995b: 288.
• Junior synonym of Neivamyrmex pilosus: Dalla Torre, 1893: 5; Forel, 1895b: 120; Forel, 1899b: 27; Emery, 1910b: 25; Borgmeier, 1923: 48; Smith, 1931b: 297; Smith, 1942c: 544; Creighton, 1950a: 75; Smith, 1951c: 781; Snelling & Snelling, 2007: 488.

Obsolete combinations

• Eciton clavicornis

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
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• Norton, E. 1868b. Remarks by Edward Norton. [Followed by: "The species of Eciton forwarded by Prof. Sumichrast may be temporarily classified as follows."]. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 2:44-46. PDF
• Smith, M. R. 1931b. Is Eciton mexicanum F. Smith really Eciton pilosus F. Smith? Journal of the New York Entomological Society 39:295-298. PDF
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• 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, G. C.; Snelling, R. R. 2007. New synonymy, new species, new keys to Neivamyrmex army ants of the United States. Pp. 459-550 in: Snelling, R. R.; Fisher, B. L.; Ward, P. S. (eds.) 2007. Advances in ant systematics (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): homage to E.O. Wilson – 50 years of contributions. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 80:690 pp. PDF