• Wang, 2003a: 424 (q.eq.)
• Combination in Hylidris: Weber, 1952a: 17.
• Combination in Pristomyrmex: Bolton, 1981b: 284.
• Status as species: Menozzi, 1942a: 173; Weber, 1952a: 17; Bolton, 1981b: 284 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 365; Wang, 2003a: 423 (redescription); Hita Garcia et al., 2013: 215.
• Senior synonym of Pristomyrmex myersi beni: Bolton, 1981b: 284; Bolton, 1995b: 365; Wang, 2003a: 423.
• Senior synonym of Pristomyrmex myersi mbomu: Bolton, 1981b: 284; Bolton, 1995b: 365; Wang, 2003a: 423.
• Senior synonym of Pristomyrmex myersi: Bolton, 1981b: 284; Bolton, 1995b: 365; Wang, 2003a: 423.
• Senior synonym of Pristomyrmex myersi primus: Bolton, 1981b: 284; Bolton, 1995b: 365; Wang, 2003a: 423.

Junior synonyms

• Pristomyrmex myersi (Weber, 1941)
  Obsolete combination(s): Hylidris myersi
• Pristomyrmex myersi beni (Weber, 1952)
  Obsolete combination(s): Hylidris myersi beni
• Pristomyrmex myersi mbomu (Weber, 1952)
  Obsolete combination(s): Hylidris myersi mbomu
• Pristomyrmex myersi primus (Weber, 1952)
  Obsolete combination(s): Hylidris myersi primus

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1981b. A revision of six minor genera of Myrmicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Ethiopian zoogeographical region. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 43:245-307. PDF
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Hita Garcia, F.; Wiesel, E.; Fischer, G. 2013. The ants of Kenya (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)—faunal overview, first species checklist, bibliography, accounts for all genera, and discussion on taxonomy and zoogeography. Journal of East African Natural History 101 (2):127-222. PDF
• Karavaiev, V. 1931d. Ameisen aus Englisch-Ostafrika. Zoologischer Anzeiger 95:42-51. PDF
• Menozzi, C. 1942a. Formiche dell'isola Fernando Poo e del territorio del Rio Muni (Guinea Spagnola). 24. Beitrag zu den wissenschaftlichen Ergebnissen der Forschungsreise H. Eidmann nach Spanisch-Guinea 1939 bis 1940. Zoologischer Anzeiger 140:164-182. PDF
• Wang, M. 2003a. A monographic revision of the ant genus Pristomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 157:383-542. PDF
• Weber, N. A. 1952a. Studies on African Myrmicinae, I (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). American Museum Novitates 1548:1-32. PDF