• Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 135; Forel, 1895b: 127; Emery, 1924f: 293; Borgmeier, 1927c: 110; Kempf, 1961b: 511; Kempf, 1972b: 168; Brandão, 1991: 362; Bolton, 1995b: 293; Fernández, 2003h: 638 (redescription); Wild, 2007b: 34; Guénard & Economo, 2015: 227; Fernández & Serna, 2019: 864.
• Senior synonym of Ochetomyrmex argentinus: Fernández, 2003h: 638.
• Senior synonym of Ochetomyrmex bolivianus: Fernández, 2003h: 638.
• Senior synonym of Ochetomyrmex mayri: Fernández, 2003h: 638.
• Senior synonym of Ochetomyrmex subpolita: Fernández, 2003h: 638.

Junior synonyms

• Ochetomyrmex argentinus (Kusnezov, 1957)
  Obsolete combination(s): Brownidris argentinus
• Ochetomyrmex bolivianus (Kusnezov, 1962)
  Obsolete combination(s): Brownidris bolivianus
• Ochetomyrmex mayri Forel, 1908
• Ochetomyrmex subpolita (Wheeler, 1916)
  Obsolete combination(s): Wasmannia subpolita

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Borgmeier, T. 1927c. Catalogo systematico e synonymico das formigas do Brasil. 2 parte. Subf. Pseudomyrminae, Myrmicinae, Formicidae. Archivos do Museu Nacional (Rio de Janeiro) 29:69-164. PDF
• Brandão, C. R. F. 1991. Adendos ao catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 35:319-412. PDF
• Dalla Torre, K. W. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. PDF
• Emery, C. 1924f ("1922"). Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [concl.]. Genera Insectorum 174C:207-397. PDF
• Fernández, F. 2003h. Myrmicine ants of the genera Ochetomyrmex and Tranopelta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 41:633-661.
• Fernández, F.; Serna, F. J. 2019. Subfamilia Myrmicinae. Capítulo 27. Pp. 791-888 in: Fernández, F.; Guerrero, R. J.; Delsinne, T. (eds.) 2019d. Hormigas de Colombia. Bogotá: Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 1198 pp. PDF
• Forel, A. 1895b. A fauna das formigas do Brazil. Boletim do Museu Paraense de Historia Natural e Ethnographia 1:89-139. PDF
• Guénard, B.; Economo, E. P. 2015. Additions to the checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Peru. Zootaxa 4040 (2):225-235. 10.11646/zootaxa.4040.2.8
• Kempf, W. W. 1961b. A survey of the ants of the soil fauna in Surinam (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Studia Entomologica 4:481-524. PDF
• Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
• Mayr, G. 1878 ("1877"). Formiciden gesammelt in Brasilien von Professor Trail. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 27:867-878. PDF
• Wild, A. L. 2007b. A catalogue of the ants of Paraguay (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 1622:1-55. PDF