• Clark, 1943: 118 (q.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1971d: 250 (l.)
• Combination in Promyrmecia: Clark, 1943: 118.
• Combination in Myrmecia: Brown, 1953j: 16.
• Status as species: Emery, 1911e: 21; Clark, 1943: 118 (redescription); Clark, 1951: 215 (redescription); Brown, 1953j: 16; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 11; Taylor, 1987a: 43; Ogata, 1991a: 361; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1641 (in key), 1661; Bolton, 1995b: 272.
• Senior synonym of Myrmecia celaena: Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1661; Bolton, 1995b: 272.
• Senior synonym of Myrmecia maloni: Brown, 1953j: 16; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 11; Taylor, 1987a: 44; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1661; Bolton, 1995b: 272.
• Senior synonym of Myrmecia scabra: Brown, 1953j: 16; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 11; Taylor, 1987a: 44; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1661; Bolton, 1995b: 272.

Junior synonyms

• Myrmecia celaena (Clark, 1943)
  Obsolete combination(s): Promyrmecia celaena
• Myrmecia maloni (Clark, 1943)
  Obsolete combination(s): Promyrmecia maloni
• Myrmecia scabra (Clark, 1943)
  Obsolete combination(s): Promyrmecia scabra

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Brown, W. L., Jr. 1953j. Revisionary notes on the ant genus Myrmecia of Australia. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 111:1-35. PDF
• Clark, J. 1943. A revision of the genus Promyrmecia Emery (Formicidae). Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 13:83-149. PDF
• Clark, J. 1951. The Formicidae of Australia. Vol. 1. Subfamily Myrmeciinae. Melbourne: CSIRO, 230 pp. PDF
• Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118:1-125. PDF
• Forel, A. 1910b. Formicides australiens reçus de MM. Froggatt et Rowland Turner. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 18:1-94. PDF
• Ogata, K. 1991a. Ants of the genus Myrmecia Fabricius: a review of the species groups and their phylogenetic relationships (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmeciinae). Systematic Entomology 16:353-381. PDF
• Ogata, K.; Taylor, R. W. 1991. Ants of the genus Myrmecia Fabricius: a preliminary review and key to the named species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmeciinae). Journal of Natural History 25:1623-1673. PDF
• Taylor, R. W. 1987a. A checklist of the ants of Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization) Division of Entomology Report 41:1-92. PDF
• Taylor, R. W.; Brown, D. R. 1985. Formicoidea. Zoological Catalogue of Australia 2:1-149, 306-348.
• Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1971d. Ant larvae of the subfamily Myrmeciinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Pan-Pacific Entomologist 47:245-256. PDF