• Combination in Eciton (Labidus): Mayr, 1886d: 442.
• Combination in Eciton (Acamatus): Emery, 1900e: 187.
• Combination in Eciton (Neivamyrmex): Smith, 1942c: 576.
• Combination in Neivamyrmex: Borgmeier, 1953: 8.
• Status as species: Roger, 1863b: 42; Mayr, 1863a: 425; Cresson, 1872: 195; Mayr, 1886d: 442; Cresson, 1887: 259; Dalla Torre, 1893: 4; Emery, 1895d: 261; Emery, 1896g: 33; Forel, 1899b: 28; Emery, 1900e: 178 (in key); Wheeler, 1908h: 418; Emery, 1910b: 26; Wheeler, 1910a: 562; Essig, 1926: 869; Smith, 1938b: 158; Smith, 1942c: 576 (redescription); Creighton, 1950a: 73; Smith, 1951c: 780; Borgmeier, 1955: 647 (redescription); Kempf, 1972b: 157; Watkins, 1972: 351 (in key); Watkins, 1976: 23 (in key); Smith, 1979: 1331; Watkins, 1982: 213 (in key); Watkins, 1985: 484 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 290; Snelling & Snelling, 2007: 479; Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012: 254.

Obsolete combinations

• Eciton melshaemeri
• Labidus melshaemeri

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