• Karavaiev, 1926d: 439 (q.m.).
• Combination in Iridomyrmex: Emery, 1887a: 250.
• Combination in Anonychomyrma: Shattuck, 1992a: 14.
• Status as species: Mayr, 1863a: 420; Dalla Torre, 1893: 170; Smith, 1871a: 307; André, 1896d: 260 (in key); Emery, 1897: 572; Emery, 1911f: 532; Emery, 1913a: 26; Viehmeyer, 1914c: 529; Karavaiev, 1926d: 438 (redescription); Donisthorpe, 1932c: 452; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 191; Shattuck, 1994: 8; Bolton, 1995b: 66.

Obsolete combinations

• Formica scrutator
• Iridomyrmex scrutator

Citations

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