• Combination in Eciton: Forel, 1895b: 121.
• Combination in Eciton (Acamatus): Emery, 1900e: 187.
• Combination in Eciton (Neivamyrmex): Borgmeier, 1948b: 462.
• Combination in Neivamyrmex: Borgmeier, 1953: 15.
• Status as species: Westwood, 1842: 76; Smith, 1859c: 8; Roger, 1863b: 42; Mayr, 1863a: 425; Dalla Torre, 1893: 6; Forel, 1895b: 121; Forel, 1899b: 29; Emery, 1900e: 178 (in key); Emery, 1910b: 27; Santschi, 1916e: 370; Gallardo, 1920: 379; Borgmeier, 1923: 50; Wheeler, 1925a: 2; Santschi, 1931f: 274; Borgmeier, 1936b: 61; Borgmeier, 1948b: 462; Borgmeier, 1953: 16; Borgmeier, 1955: 454 (redescription); Smith, 1958c: 109; Kempf, 1972b: 160; Watkins, 1972: 352 (in key); Hunt & Snelling, 1975: 21; Watkins, 1976: 24 (in key); Smith, 1979: 1332; Snelling & George, 1979: 34; Watkins, 1982: 214 (in key); Watkins, 1985: 484 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 291; Palacio, 1999: 160 (in key); Mackay & Mackay, 2002: 65; Ward, 2005: 62; Wild, 2007b: 26; Snelling & Snelling, 2007: 490; Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012: 254; Palacio, 2019: 621.
• Senior synonym of Neivamyrmex swainsonii arizonense: Borgmeier, 1955: 454; Smith, 1958c: 109; Kempf, 1972b: 160; Smith, 1979: 1332; Snelling & George, 1979: 34; Bolton, 1995b: 291; Snelling & Snelling, 2007: 490.
• Senior synonym of Neivamyrmex fallax: Snelling & Snelling, 2007: 490
• Senior synonym of Neivamyrmex pilosus mexicanus: Snelling & Snelling, 2007: 490

Junior synonyms

• Neivamyrmex fallax Borgmeier, 1953
• Neivamyrmex pilosus mexicanus (Smith, 1859)
  Obsolete combination(s): Labidus mexicanus, Neivamyrmex mexicanus
• Neivamyrmex swainsonii arizonense (Wheeler, 1908)
  Obsolete combination(s): Neivamyrmex arizonense, Eciton arizonense

Obsolete combinations

• Labidus swainsonii

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