• Wheeler & Wheeler, 1984a: 273 (l.)
• Combination in Eciton (Labidus): Mayr, 1886d: 441.
• Combination in Eciton (Acamatus): Emery, 1900e: 187.
• Combination in Eciton (Neivamyrmex): Smith, 1942c: 572.
• Combination in Neivamyrmex: Borgmeier, 1955: 522.
• Status as species: Roger, 1863b: 42; Mayr, 1863a: 424; Cresson, 1872: 194; Mayr, 1886d: 441; Cresson, 1887: 259; Dalla Torre, 1893: 3; Emery, 1895d: 261; Forel, 1899b: 28; Emery, 1900e: 177 (in key); Wheeler, 1908h: 413; Emery, 1910b: 26; Wheeler, 1910a: 562; Essig, 1926: 869; Cole, 1937a: 98; Smith, 1938b: 158; Smith, 1942c: 572 (redescription); Creighton, 1950a: 72; Smith, 1951c: 780; Borgmeier, 1955: 522 (redescription); Forbes & Do-Van-Quy, 1965: 95; Smith, 1967a: 345; Watkins, 1968: 275; Watkins, 1971: 94 (in key); Kempf, 1972b: 155; Watkins, 1972: 350 (in key); Hunt & Snelling, 1975: 21; Watkins, 1976: 16 (in key); Smith, 1979: 1330; Watkins, 1982: 210 (in key); Watkins, 1985: 483 (in key); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g: 19 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 289; Mackay & Mackay, 2002: 57; Snelling & Snelling, 2007: 473.
• Senior synonym of Neivamyrmex wheeleri dubia: Watkins, 1968: 275; Kempf, 1972b: 155; Smith, 1979: 1330; Bolton, 1995b: 289; Snelling & Snelling, 2007: 473.
• Senior synonym of Neivamyrmex wheeleri: Watkins, 1968: 275; Kempf, 1972b: 155; Smith, 1979: 1330; Bolton, 1995b: 289; Snelling & Snelling, 2007: 473.

Junior synonyms

• Neivamyrmex wheeleri (Emery, 1901)
  Obsolete combination(s): Eciton wheeleri
• Neivamyrmex wheeleri dubia (Creighton, 1932)
  Obsolete combination(s): Eciton wheeleri dubia

Obsolete combinations

• Labidus harrissii

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