• [Also described as new by Norton, 1868c: 6.]
• Mann, 1926: 99 (q.)
• Combination in Eciton (Acamatus): Emery, 1894d: 182 (in text).
• Combination in Neivamyrmex: Borgmeier, 1955: 491.
• Status as species: Norton, 1868b: 45; Mayr, 1886b: 120 (in key); Mayr, 1886d: 440; Cresson, 1887: 259; Dalla Torre, 1893: 6; Emery, 1894d: 183 (in key); Emery, 1895d: 259; Forel, 1899b: 27; Forel, 1901d: 124; Wheeler, 1908h: 410; Emery, 1910b: 25; Wheeler, 1910a: 562; Wheeler, 1914c: 41; Mann, 1926: 99; Wheeler, 1934g: 159 (redescription); Borgmeier, 1955: 491 (redescription); Kempf, 1972b: 160; Watkins, 1976: 15 (in key); Watkins, 1982: 212 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 291; Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012: 254.

Obsolete combinations

• Eciton sumichrasti

Citations

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