• [Duplicated in Jerdon, 1854a: 52. Genus misspelled as Ocodoma in both publications.]
• [Misspelled as 4spinosus by Rothney, 1903: 98; Forel, 1911c: 223; Forel, 1912a: 55, and others.]
• [Note: Wheeler, 1929h: 61, ascribes Lophomyrmex quadrispinosus to Leptomyrmex (error).]
• Rigato, 1994b: 59 (q.m.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1954a: 131 (l.)
• Combination in Pheidole: Smith, 1858a: 174.
• Combination in Lophomyrmex: Emery, 1892: 114.
• Status as species: Smith, 1858a: 174; Roger, 1863b: 31; Mayr, 1863a: 441; Smith, 1871a: 331; Mayr, 1879: 677 (redescription); Dalla Torre, 1893: 74; Emery, 1893g: 192 (in key); Emery, 1893h: 243; Forel, 1903a: 695; Rothney, 1903: 98; Bingham, 1903: 195; Forel, 1906b: 88; Forel, 1913g: 191; Emery, 1924f: 209; Karavaiev, 1933c: 270; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 155; Ettershank, 1966: 134; Kugler, 1988: 258; Wang, 1993b: 435; Rigato, 1994b: 59 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 248; Tang et al., 1995: 73; Tiwari, 1999: 59; Mathew & Tiwari, 2000: 330; Sheela & Ghosh, 2008: 17 (in key); Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 44; Borowiec, 2014: 100; Bharti et al., 2016: 38; Dias et al., 2020: 75.
• Senior synonym of Lophomyrmex taprobanae: Rigato, 1994b: 59; Bolton, 1995b: 248.

Junior synonyms

• Lophomyrmex taprobanae Forel, 1911
  Obsolete combination(s): Lophomyrmex quadrispinosus taprobanae

Obsolete combinations

• Oecodoma quadrispinosa

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