• Combination in Eciton (Acamatus): Emery, 1910b: 26.
• Combination in Neivamyrmex: Borgmeier, 1953: 8.
• Status as species: Forel, 1907h: 2; Emery, 1910b: 26; Borgmeier, 1923: 46; Borgmeier, 1933d: 167; Borgmeier, 1955: 320 (redescription); Kempf, 1972b: 156; Watkins, 1976: 20 (in key); Zolessi et al., 1988: 5; Bolton, 1995b: 289; Wild, 2007b: 26.
• Senior synonym of Neivamyrmex halidaii filicorne: Borgmeier, 1953: 14; Borgmeier, 1955: 320; Kempf, 1972b: 156; Bolton, 1995b: 289.
• Senior synonym of Neivamyrmex luederwaldti: Borgmeier, 1933d: 167; Borgmeier, 1953: 7; Borgmeier, 1955: 320; Kempf, 1972b: 156; Bolton, 1995b: 289.

Junior synonyms

• Neivamyrmex halidaii filicorne (Santschi, 1916)
  Obsolete combination(s): Neivamyrmex filicorne, Eciton filicorne
• Neivamyrmex luederwaldti (Emery, 1911)
  Obsolete combination(s): Eciton luederwaldti

Obsolete combinations

• Eciton jerrmanni

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Borgmeier, T. 1923. Catalogo systematico e synonymico das formigas do Brasil. 1 parte. Subfam. Dorylinae, Cerapachyinae, Ponerinae, Dolichoderinae. Archivos do Museu Nacional (Rio de Janeiro) 24:33-103.
• Borgmeier, T. 1933d. Sobre algumas especies de formigas do genero Eciton Latreille. Archivos da Escola Superior da Agricultura e Medicina Veterinaria. Nictheroy 10:161-168. PDF
• Borgmeier, T. 1953. Vorarbeiten zu einer Revision der neotropischen Wanderameisen. Studia Entomologica 2:1-51. PDF
• Borgmeier, T. 1955. Die Wanderameisen der neotropischen Region. Studia Entomologica 3:1-720. PDF
• Emery, C. 1910b. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Dorylinae. Genera Insectorum 102:1-34. PDF
• Forel, A. 1901m. Formiciden des Naturhistorischen Museums zu Hamburg. Neue Calyptomyrmex-, Dacryon-, Podomyrma- und Echinopla-Arten. Mitteilungen aus dem Naturhistorischen Museum in Hamburg 18:43-82. PDF
• Forel, A. 1907h. Formiciden aus dem Naturhistorischen Museum in Hamburg. II. Teil. Neueingänge seit 1900. Mitteilungen aus dem Naturhistorischen Museum in Hamburg 24:1-20. PDF
• Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
• Watkins, J. F., II 1976. The identification and distribution of New World army ants (Dorylinae: Formicidae). Waco, Texas: Baylor University Press, 102 pp. PDF
• Wild, A. L. 2007b. A catalogue of the ants of Paraguay (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 1622:1-55. PDF
• Zolessi, L. C. de; Abenante, Y. P. de; Philippi, M. E. 1988 ("1987"). Lista sistemática de las especies de Formícidos del Uruguay. Comunicaciones Zoologicas del Museo de Historia Natural de Montevideo 11(165):1-9.