• Borgmeier, 1934: 95 (m.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1952a: 131 (l.)
• Combination in Ectatomma: Mayr, 1862: 732; Roger, 1863b: 17.
• Combination in Ectatomma (Ectatomma): Mayr, 1887: 539.
• Status as species: Mayr, 1862: 732; Roger, 1862c: 292; Roger, 1863b: 17; Mayr, 1863a: 459; Emery, 1890c: 40; Dalla Torre, 1893: 26; Emery, 1894l: 47; Forel, 1895b: 112; Pergande, 1896: 871; Forel, 1899b: 6; Forel, 1899j: 273; Forel, 1907h: 1; Forel, 1908c: 38; Emery, 1911e: 43; Forel, 1912d: 30; Forel, 1914e: 9; Mann, 1916: 405; Wheeler, 1916f: 323; Wheeler, 1922e: 3; Mann, 1922: 6; Borgmeier, 1923: 58; Santschi, 1931d: 265; Wheeler, 1933a: 62; Borgmeier, 1934: 95; Weber, 1946a: 7; Weber, 1948b: 79; Brown, 1958g: 209; Kempf, 1961b: 491; Kempf, 1972b: 105; Kugler & Brown, 1982: 2; Fernández, 1992: 554 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 187; Arias-Penna, 2008b: 64; Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012: 254; Feitosa, 2015c: 97; Feitosa & Prada-Achiardi, 2019: 666; Camacho et al., 2022: 10.
• Senior synonym of Ectatomma aztecum: Kugler & Brown, 1982: 2; Brandão, 1991: 342; Bolton, 1995b: 187.
• Senior synonym of Ectatomma scabrosa: Roger, 1862c: 292; Mayr, 1863a: 459; Mayr, 1887: 539; Dalla Torre, 1893: 26; Forel, 1895b: 112; Pergande, 1896: 871; Forel, 1899b: 6; Emery, 1911e: 43; Borgmeier, 1923: 58; Weber, 1946a: 7; Kempf, 1972b: 105; Bolton, 1995b: 187.

Junior synonyms

• Ectatomma aztecum Emery, 1901
• Ectatomma scabrosa Smith, 1862

Obsolete combinations

• Ponera ruida

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