• Borgmeier, 1958a: 202 (q.)
• Combination in Eciton (Labidus): Emery, 1910b: 23.
• Combination in Eciton (Holopone): Santschi, 1925b: 12.
• Combination in Eciton (Nomamyrmex): Borgmeier, 1936b: 55.
• Combination in Nomamyrmex: Borgmeier, 1953: 16.
• Status as species: Smith, 1858a: 151; Mayr, 1863a: 409; Roger, 1863b: 36; Mayr, 1865: 77 (in key); Norton, 1868b: 45; Mayr, 1886b: 115 (in key); Emery, 1890b: 55; Emery, 1890c: 38; Dalla Torre, 1893: 2; Emery, 1894d: 179; Emery, 1894l: 45; Forel, 1895b: 141; Emery, 1896h: 625; Forel, 1899b: 24; Emery, 1900e: 185; Forel, 1901d: 124; Forel, 1906d: 249; Forel, 1908c: 40; Forel, 1908: 346; Forel, 1908a: 64; Forel, 1909a: 254; Emery, 1910b: 23; Mann, 1916: 422; Wheeler, 1916f: 324; Luederwaldt, 1918: 37; Santschi, 1920d: 367; Wheeler, 1922e: 1; Borgmeier, 1923: 42; Wheeler, 1925a: 2; Santschi, 1929a: 414; Borgmeier, 1936b: 55; Borgmeier, 1948b: 460; Creighton, 1950a: 63; Smith, 1951c: 779; Borgmeier, 1953: 16.
• Subspecies of Nomamyrmex esenbeckii: Borgmeier, 1955: 149 (redescription); Borgmeier, 1958a: 202; Kempf, 1972b: 164; Watkins, 1977a: 205; Bolton, 1995b: 292.
• Junior synonym of Nomamyrmex esenbeckii: Wild, 2007b: 43
• Material of the unavailable name Nomamyrmex crassicornis crudele furiosum referred here by Borgmeier, 1955: 139; Kempf, 1972b: 164.

Obsolete combinations

• Eciton crassicornis

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