• Combination in Atta: Roger, 1863b: 35.
• Status as species: Gmelin, 1790: 2801; Olivier, 1792: 497; Fabricius, 1793: 359.
• Junior synonym of Atta cephalotes: Latreille, 1802a: 224; Fabricius, 1804: 421; Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, 1835: 176; Smith, 1858a: 180; Mayr, 1863a: 437; Roger, 1863b: 35; Dalla Torre, 1893: 151; Forel, 1899b: 32; Emery, 1924f: 353; Kempf, 1972b: 26; Bolton, 1995b: 76; Fernández et al., 2015: 99.

Obsolete combinations

• Formica grossa

Citations

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