• Taylor, 1978a: 979 (q.m.); Wheeler et al., 1980: 131 (l.); Imai et al., 1991: 133 (k.)
• Combination in †Prionomyrmex: Baroni Urbani, 2000: 479.
• Combination in Nothomyrmecia: Ward & Brady, 2003: 375.
• Status as species: Brown & Wilson, 1959a: 25; Taylor, 1978a: 980 (redescription); Kugler, 1980b: 263; Ward & Taylor, 1981: 177; Hölldobler & Taylor, 1984: 382; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 5; Taylor, 1987a: 47; Jaisson et al., 1992: 425; Bolton, 1995b: 292; Dlussky & Rasnitsyn, 2003: 418 (in text).

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