• Combination in Eciton: Forel, 1895b: 121.
• Combination in Eciton (Acamatus): Emery, 1900e: 187.
• Combination in Eciton (Labidus): Bruch, 1914: 215.
• Combination in Eciton (Neivamyrmex): Borgmeier, 1948b: 463.
• Combination in Neivamyrmex: Borgmeier, 1953: 15.
• Status as species: Westwood, 1842: 78; Smith, 1859c: 9; Roger, 1863b: 42; Mayr, 1863a: 425; Dalla Torre, 1893: 6; Forel, 1895b: 121; Emery, 1900e: 178 (in key); Emery, 1906c: 111; Emery, 1910b: 27; Bruch, 1914: 215; Santschi, 1916e: 368; Gallardo, 1920: 385; Santschi, 1921g: 93; Borgmeier, 1923: 48; Borgmeier, 1948b: 463; Borgmeier, 1953: 15; Kusnezov, 1953c: 336; Borgmeier, 1955: 605 (redescription); Kempf, 1972b: 159; Watkins, 1976: 25 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 291; Wild, 2007b: 26.
• Senior synonym of Neivamyrmex melshaemeri desartsi: Borgmeier, 1953: 9; Borgmeier, 1955: 605; Kempf, 1972b: 159; Bolton, 1995b: 291.

Junior synonyms

• Neivamyrmex melshaemeri desartsi (Forel, 1907)
  Obsolete combination(s): Eciton melshaemeri desartsi

Obsolete combinations

• Labidus romandii

Citations

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