• Mayr, 1886b: 121 (w.); Emery, 1896g: 39 (m.); Wheeler, 1925d: 145 (q.); Wheeler, 1943: 327 (l.)
• Combination in Myrmecia: Fabricius, 1804: 425
• Combination in Atta: Latreille, 1809: 129; Leach, 1815: 147.
• Combination in Eciton: Latreille, 1804: 179; Latreille, 1817c: 75; Smith, 1855c: 161
• Combination in Eciton (Eciton): Emery, 1910b: 20; Santschi, 1925b: 12.
• Status as species: Fabricius, 1787: 311; Gmelin, 1790: 2803; Olivier, 1792: 502; Fabricius, 1793: 364; Latreille, 1802a: 242; Fabricius, 1804: 425; Latreille, 1804: 179; Leach, 1815: 147; Latreille, 1817c: 75; Lamarck, 1817: 97; Smith, 1855c: 161; Smith, 1858a: 148; Mayr, 1863a: 409; Roger, 1863b: 36; Norton, 1868a: 61; Norton, 1868b: 45; Mayr, 1886b: 117 (in key); Forel, 1886a: 217; Emery, 1890c: 38; Dalla Torre, 1893: 3; Emery, 1894d: 176; Emery, 1894l: 45; Forel, 1895b: 119; Emery, 1896g: 39; Forel, 1899b: 22; Emery, 1900e: 176 (in key); Wheeler, 1907b: 271; Forel, 1907h: 2; Emery, 1910b: 20; Forel, 1912d: 41; Mann, 1916: 419; Crawley, 1916b: 368; Forel, 1921b: 133; Santschi, 1921g: 88; Wheeler, 1921d: 309; Mann, 1922: 19; Borgmeier, 1923: 38; Wheeler, 1923a: 1; Wheeler, 1925a: 1; Santschi, 1925b: 12; Borgmeier, 1936b: 51; Santschi, 1939f: 161; Borgmeier, 1953: 9; Borgmeier, 1955: 214 (redescription); Tafuri, 1957: 21; Borgmeier, 1958a: 204; Kempf, 1960e: 387; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1964c: 134; Kempf, 1970b: 323; Kempf, 1972b: 102; Watkins, 1976: 10 (in key); Watkins, 1982: 209 (in key); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1984a: 269; Bolton, 1995b: 185; Palacio, 1999: 152 (in key); Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012: 254; Bezděčková et al., 2015: 109; Palacio, 2019: 601.
• Senior synonym of Eciton amazona: Borgmeier, 1953: 14; Borgmeier, 1955: 214; Kempf, 1972b: 102; Bolton, 1995b: 185.
• Senior synonym of Eciton curvidentata: Shuckard, 1840e: 174; Smith, 1858a: 148; Mayr, 1863a: 409; Roger, 1863b: 36; Dalla Torre, 1893: 3; Forel, 1899b: 23; Emery, 1910b: 20; Borgmeier, 1923: 38; Borgmeier, 1955: 214; Kempf, 1972b: 102; Bolton, 1995b: 185.
• Senior synonym of Eciton hamatum funesta: Borgmeier, 1953: 13; Borgmeier, 1955: 214; Kempf, 1972b: 102; Bolton, 1995b: 185.
• Senior synonym of Eciton mattogrossensis: Borgmeier, 1953: 10; Borgmeier, 1955: 214; Kempf, 1972b: 102; Bolton, 1995b: 185.
• Senior synonym of Eciton pittieri: Borgmeier, 1953: 9; Borgmeier, 1955: 214; Kempf, 1972b: 102; Bolton, 1995b: 185.
• Senior synonym of Eciton testacea: Mayr, 1863a: 409; Borgmeier, 1955: 214; Kempf, 1972b: 102; Bolton, 1995b: 185.

Junior synonyms

• Eciton amazona Santschi, 1923
• Eciton curvidentata (Latreille, 1802)
  Obsolete combination(s): Formica curvidentata
• Eciton hamatum funesta Santschi, 1921
• Eciton mattogrossensis Luederwaldt, 1920
  Obsolete combination(s): Eciton hamatum mattogrossensis
• Eciton pittieri Forel, 1899
• Eciton testacea (Gray, 1832)
  Obsolete combination(s): Camptognatha testacea

Obsolete combinations

• Formica hamata

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