• Clark, 1951: 25 (q.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1971d: 248 (l.)
• Status as species: Mayr, 1862: 724 (in key); Roger, 1863b: 22; Mayr, 1863a: 430; Dalla Torre, 1893: 19; Emery, 1911e: 20; Forel, 1911g: 252; Viehmeyer, 1924b: 221; Wheeler, 1933i: 47; Clark, 1951: 24 (redescription); Brown, 1953j: 7; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 9; Taylor, 1987a: 43; Ogata, 1991a: 358; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1633 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 271; Heterick, 2009: 120.
• Senior synonym of Myrmecia forceps obscuriceps: Clark, 1951: 24; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 9; Taylor, 1987a: 43; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1629; Bolton, 1995b: 271.
• Senior synonym of Myrmecia singularis: Brown, 1953j: 7; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 9; Taylor, 1987a: 43; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1629; Bolton, 1995b: 271.

Junior synonyms

• Myrmecia forceps obscuriceps Viehmeyer, 1924
• Myrmecia singularis Clark, 1951

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