• Subspecies of Neivamyrmex wheeleri: Smith, 1938b: 158.
• Junior synonym of Neivamyrmex wheeleri: Smith, 1942c: 561; Creighton, 1950a: 76; Smith, 1951c: 781; Borgmeier, 1955: 511.
• Junior synonym of Neivamyrmex harrisii: Watkins, 1968: 275; Kempf, 1972b: 155; Smith, 1979: 1330; Bolton, 1995b: 289; Snelling & Snelling, 2007: 473.

Obsolete combinations

• Eciton wheeleri dubia

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Borgmeier, T. 1955. Die Wanderameisen der neotropischen Region. Studia Entomologica 3:1-720. PDF
• Creighton, W. S. 1932. A new female of Acamatus from Texas. Psyche (Cambridge) 39:73-78. PDF
• Creighton, W. S. 1950a. The ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 104:1-585. PDF
• Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. 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. 1938b. Notes on the legionary ants (Eciton, subgenus Acamatus) with a record of new specific synonymy. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 40:157-160. PDF
• Smith, M. R. 1942c. The legionary ants of the United States belonging to Eciton subgenus Neivamyrmex Borgmeier. American Midland Naturalist 27:537-590. PDF
• 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
• 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
• Watkins, J. F., II 1968. The rearing of the army ant male, Neivamyrmex harrisi (Haldeman) from larvae collected from a nest of N. wheeleri (Emery). American Midland Naturalist 80:273-276. PDF