• Combination in Aphaenogaster: Emery, 1896d: 103.
• Combination in Pheidole: Emery, 1915k: 67; Emery, 1922c: 109.
• Combination in Macromischa (Macromischa): Mann, 1920b: 418.
• Combination in Croesomyrmex: Wheeler, 1931b: 22.
• Combination in Macromischa (Croesomyrmex): Wheeler, 1937b: 465.
• Combination in Leptothorax (Macromischa): Baroni Urbani, 1978b: 484.
• Combination in Temnothorax: Bolton, 2003: 272.
• Status as species: Roger, 1863b: 28; Mayr, 1863a: 428; Dalla Torre, 1893: 120; Wheeler, 1905c: 127; Wheeler, 1908a: 141 (in key); Wheeler, 1913b: 488; Mann, 1920b: 418 (redescription); Emery, 1922c: 109; Wheeler, 1931b: 29 (redescription); Wheeler, 1937b: 465; Kempf, 1972b: 138; Alayo, 1974: 17 (in key); Baroni Urbani, 1978b: 484 (redescription); Brandão, 1991: 352; Bolton, 1995b: 243; Fontenla, 2001: 15 (in key); Bolton, 2003: 272.

Obsolete combinations

• Macromischa punicans

Citations

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