• Heterick et al., 2017: 210 (s.)
• Combination in Melophorus (Erimelophorus): Wheeler, 1935c: 71.
• Status as species: Emery, 1925d: 12; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 124; Taylor, 1987a: 38; Bolton, 1995b: 250; Heterick, 2009: 95; Heterick et al., 2017: 208 (redescription).

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
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• Heterick, B. E.; Castalanelli, M.; Shattuck, S. O. 2017. Revision of the ant genus Melophorus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 700:1-420. 10.3897/zookeys.700.11784 PDF
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• Taylor, R. W.; Brown, D. R. 1985. Formicoidea. Zoological Catalogue of Australia 2:1-149, 306-348.
• Wheeler, W. M. 1935c. Myrmecological notes. Psyche (Cambridge) 42:68-72. PDF