• Combination in Pyramica: Bolton, 1999: 1672.
• Combination in Strumigenys: Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2007: 127.
• Status as species: Kempf, 1960f: 452 (in key); Kempf, 1972b: 116; Perrault, 1986a: 4 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 211; Bolton, 2000: 236 (redescription).

Obsolete combinations

• Gymnomyrmex rugithorax

Citations

• Baroni Urbani, C.; De Andrade, M. L. 2007. The ant tribe Dacetini: limits and constituent genera, with descriptions of new species (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria" 99:1-191. PDF
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Bolton, B. 1999. Ant genera of the tribe Dacetonini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Natural History 33:1639-1689. PDF
• Bolton, B. 2000. The ant tribe Dacetini. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 65:1-1028.
• Kempf, W. W. 1959f. Two new species of Gymnomyrmex Borgmeier, 1954 from southern Brazil, with remarks on the genus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Revista Brasileira de Biologia 19:337-344. PDF
• Kempf, W. W. 1960f. Miscellaneous studies on Neotropical ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Studia Entomologica (n.s.)3:417-466. PDF
• Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
• Perrault, G. H. 1986a. Gymnomyrmex villiersi, nouvelle espèce de Guyane (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Revue Française d'Entomologie (Nouvelle Série) 8:1-4. PDF