• Lectotype designation: Ward, 1989a: 437.
• Combination in Pseudomyrmex: Kempf, 1972b: 218
• Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 56; Forel, 1899b: 97; Emery, 1921c: 32; Kempf, 1972b: 218; Ward, 1989a: 437; Brandão, 1991: 375; Ward, 1993: 136 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 372; Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012: 264.
• Senior synonym of Pseudomyrmex belti bequaerti Wheeler, 1942: Ward, 1989a: 437; Brandão, 1991: 376; Ward, 1993: 136; Bolton, 1995b: 372; Ward, 2017: 530.
• Senior synonym of Pseudomyrmex belti bequaerti Enzmann, 1944: Ward, 1989a: 437; Brandão, 1991: 376; Ward, 1993: 136; Bolton, 1995b: 372; Ward, 2017: 530.
• Senior synonym of Pseudomyrmex canescens: Ward, 1989a: 437; Ward, 1993: 136; Ward, 2017: 530.
• Senior synonym of Pseudomyrmex fulvescens: Ward, 1989a: 437; Brandão, 1991: 376; Ward, 1993: 136; Bolton, 1995b: 372; Ward, 2017: 530.
• Senior synonym of Pseudomyrmex kuenckeli hondurana: Ward, 1989a: 437; Brandão, 1991: 376; Ward, 1993: 136; Bolton, 1995b: 372; Ward, 2017: 530.
• Senior synonym of Pseudomyrmex belti saffordi Wheeler, 1942: Ward, 1989a: 437; Brandão, 1991: 376; Ward, 1993: 136; Bolton, 1995b: 372; Ward, 2017: 530.
• Senior synonym of Pseudomyrmex belti vesana: Ward, 1989a: 437; Brandão, 1991: 376; Ward, 1993: 136; Bolton, 1995b: 372; Ward, 2017: 530.
• Senior synonym of Pseudomyrmex wasmanni: Ward, 1989a: 437; Brandão, 1991: 376; Ward, 1993: 136; Bolton, 1995b: 372; Ward, 2017: 530.

Junior synonyms

• Pseudomyrmex belti bequaerti (Wheeler, 1942)
  Obsolete combination(s): Pseudomyrma belti bequaerti
• Pseudomyrmex belti bequaerti (Enzmann, 1944)
  Obsolete combination(s): Pseudomyrma belti bequaerti
• Pseudomyrmex belti saffordi (Wheeler, 1942)
  Obsolete combination(s): Pseudomyrma belti saffordi
• Pseudomyrmex belti vesana (Wheeler, 1942)
  Obsolete combination(s): Pseudomyrma belti vesana
• Pseudomyrmex fulvescens (Emery, 1890)
  Obsolete combination(s): Pseudomyrma belti fulvescens
• Pseudomyrmex kuenckeli hondurana (Enzmann, 1944)
  Obsolete combination(s): Pseudomyrma kuenckeli hondurana
• Pseudomyrmex wasmanni (Wheeler, 1921)
  Obsolete combination(s): Pseudomyrma wasmanni

Obsolete combinations

• Pseudomyrma ferruginea

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Brandão, C. R. F. 1991. Adendos ao catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 35:319-412. PDF
• Branstetter, M. G.; Sáenz, L. 2012. Las hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) de Guatemala. Pp. 221-268 in: Cano, E. B.; Schuster, J. C. (eds.) 2012. Biodiversidad de Guatemala. Volumen 2. Guatemala: Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, iv + 328 pp. 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. 1921c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174A:1-94 + 7 plates. PDF
• Forel, A. 1899b. Formicidae. [part]. Biologia Centrali-Americana Hym. 3:1-24. PDF
• Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
• Smith, F. 1877b. Descriptions of new species of the genera Pseudomyrma and Tetraponera, belonging to the family Myrmicidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1877:57-72. PDF
• Ward, P. S. 1989a. Systematic studies on pseudomyrmecine ants: revision of the Pseudomyrmex oculatus and P. subtilissimus species groups, with taxonomic comments on other species. Quaestiones Entomologicae 25:393-468. PDF
• Ward, P. S. 1993. Systematic studies on Pseudomyrmex acacia-ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Pseudomyrmecinae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 2:117-168. PDF
• Ward, P. S. 2017. A review of the Pseudomyrmex ferrugineus and Pseudomyrmex goeldii species groups: acacia-ants and relatives (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 4227 (4):524-542. 10.11646/zootaxa.4227.4.3 PDF