• Forel, 1899d: 27 (w.); Reichensperger, 1939: 297 (q.)
• Combination in Eciton: Dalla Torre, 1893: 4.
• Combination in Eciton (Labidus): Emery, 1895d: 260.
• Combination in Eciton (Acamatus): Emery, 1900e: 187.
• Combination in Eciton (Neivamyrmex): Smith, 1942c: 544.
• Combination in Neivamyrmex: Borgmeier, 1953: 8.
• Status as species: Roger, 1863b: 42; Mayr, 1863a: 425; Cresson, 1872: 194; Emery, 1895d: 260; Emery, 1900e: 177 (in key); Wheeler, 1908h: 414; Emery, 1910b: 26; Wheeler, 1910a: 562; Smith, 1931a: 16; Smith, 1931b: 297; Cole, 1937a: 98.
• Junior synonym of Neivamyrmex pilosus: Smith, 1931b: 295; Smith, 1942c: 544; Creighton, 1950a: 75; Smith, 1951c: 781.
• Subspecies of Neivamyrmex pilosus: Borgmeier, 1936b: 59; Borgmeier, 1939: 416; Borgmeier, 1953: 14, 17; Borgmeier, 1955: 374 (redescription); Smith, 1958c: 109; Kempf, 1972b: 158; Watkins, 1972: 352 (in key); Smith, 1979: 1332; Bolton, 1995b: 290; Mackay & Mackay, 2002: 64; Ward, 2005: 62.
• Junior synonym of Neivamyrmex swainsonii: Snelling & Snelling, 2007: 490.

Obsolete combinations

• Labidus mexicanus
• Neivamyrmex mexicanus

Citations

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