• Brown, 1965c: 71 (w.); Fernández et al., 2023: 584 (w.)
• Status as species: Emery, 1911e: 34; Wheeler, 1925a: 3 (in key); Brown, 1965c: 69; Kempf, 1972b: 256; Bolton, 1995b: 422; Wild, 2007b: 27; Feitosa, 2015c: 98; Camacho et al., 2022: 12; Fernández et al., 2023: 584 (redescription).
• Senior synonym of Typhlomyrmex clavicornis divergens: Brown, 1965c: 69; Kempf, 1972b: 256; Bolton, 1995b: 422; Fernández et al., 2023: 584.
• Senior synonym of Typhlomyrmex richardsi: Brown, 1965c: 71; Kempf, 1972b: 256; Bolton, 1995b: 422; Fernández et al., 2023: 584.

Junior synonyms

• Typhlomyrmex clavicornis divergens Forel, 1906
• Typhlomyrmex richardsi Donisthorpe, 1939

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Brown, W. L., Jr. 1965c. Contributions to a reclassification of the Formicidae. IV. Tribe Typhlomyrmecini (Hymenoptera). Psyche (Cambridge) 72:65-78. PDF
• Camacho, G. P.; Franco, W.; Branstetter, M. G.; Pie, M. R.; Longino, J. T.; Schultz, T. R.; Feitosa, R. M. 2022. UCE phylogenomics resolves major relationships among ectaheteromorph ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ectatomminae, Heteroponerinae): a new classification for the subfamilies and the description of a new genus. Insect Systematics and Diversity 6 (1): 5:1-20. 10.1093/isd/ixab026 PDF
• Emery, C. 1906c ("1905"). Studi sulle formiche della fauna Neotropica. XXXVII. Bullettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 37 (1905):107-194. PDF
• Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118:1-125. PDF
• Feitosa, R. M. 2015c. Lista das formigas poneromorfas do Brasil. Pp. 95-102 in: Delabie, J. H. C.; Feitosa, R. M.; Serrão, J. E.; Mariano, C. S. F.; Majer, J. D. (eds.) 2015. As formigas poneromorfas do Brasil. Ilhéus-Bahia: Editora da UESC, 477 pp. PDF
• Fernández, F.; Fiorentino, G.; Castro, D. 2023. A new species of Typhlomyrmex from Colombia, re-description of the worker of T. clavicornis Emery, description of the worker of T. prolatus Brown, and key of known species (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 96:579-597. [online early] 10.3897/jhr.96.103219 PDF
• Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1925a. Neotropical ants in the collections of the Royal Museum of Stockholm. Arkiv för Zoologi 17A(8):1-55. PDF
• Wild, A. L. 2007b. A catalogue of the ants of Paraguay (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 1622:1-55. PDF