• Combination in Eciton: Dalla Torre, 1893: 4.
• Combination in Eciton (Labidus): Forel, 1893j: 369.
• Combination in Eciton (Acamatus): Emery, 1910b: 26.
• Combination in Neivamyrmex: Borgmeier, 1953: 6.
• Status as species: Westwood, 1842: 77; Smith, 1859c: 9; Roger, 1863b: 42; Mayr, 1863a: 424; Dalla Torre, 1893: 4; Forel, 1897b: 298; Emery, 1900e: 178 (in key); Wheeler, 1905c: 122; Emery, 1910b: 26; Borgmeier, 1953: 15; Borgmeier, 1955: 598 (redescription); Kempf, 1972b: 156; Watkins, 1976: 19 (in key); Watkins, 1982: 212 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 289; Palacio, 1999: 158 (in key); Palacio, 2019: 621.

Obsolete combinations

• Eciton klugi
• Labidus klugii

Citations

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