• Smith, 1858a: 143 (m.); Mayr, 1876: 95 (q.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1971d: 246 (l.); Imai et al., 1977: 345 (k.)
• Combination in Eciton: Latreille, 1804: 179; Latreille, 1817c: 75.
• Combination in Myrmica: Latreille, 1809: 130; Guérin-Méneville, 1838: 207.
• Combination in Myrmecia: Fabricius, 1804: 424; Smith, 1858a: 143.
• Status as species: Fabricius, 1775: 395; Fabricius, 1782: 494; Fabricius, 1787: 310; Gmelin, 1790: 2803; Christ, 1791: 511; Olivier, 1792: 501; Fabricius, 1793: 363; Latreille, 1802a: 215; Fabricius, 1804: 424; Latreille, 1809: 131; Latreille, 1817c: 75; Lamarck, 1817: 97; Guérin-Méneville, 1838: 207; Smith, 1858a: 143; Roger, 1861a: 33; Mayr, 1862: 723 (in key); Roger, 1863b: 22; Mayr, 1863a: 430; Mayr, 1865: 84; Lowne, 1865b: 335; Mayr, 1876: 95 (redescription); Emery, 1887f: 443; Dalla Torre, 1893: 20; Emery, 1911e: 19; Clark, 1925b: 141; Wheeler, 1933i: 29; Clark, 1951: 49 (redescription); Taylor & Brown, 1985: 11; Taylor, 1987a: 43; Ogata, 1991a: 358; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1637 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 271.
• Senior synonym of Myrmecia gulosa obscurior: Clark, 1951: 49; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 11; Taylor, 1987a: 43; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1629; Bolton, 1995b: 272.

Junior synonyms

• Myrmecia gulosa obscurior Forel, 1922

Obsolete combinations

• Formica gulosa

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