• Emery, 1900e: 183 (m.); Reichensperger, 1930: 321 (q.); Borgmeier, 1930: 22 (q.)
• Combination in Eciton (Acamatus): Emery, 1894d: 183 (in key).
• Combination in Neivamyrmex: Borgmeier, 1953: 10.
• Junior synonym of Eciton quadriglume: Forel, 1892p: 29 (in text, error).
• Status as species: Smith, 1858a: 151; Mayr, 1863a: 409; Roger, 1863b: 36; Mayr, 1865: 77 (in key); Mayr, 1886b: 120 (in key); Emery, 1888c: 353; Dalla Torre, 1893: 4; Emery, 1894d: 183 (in key); von Jhering, 1894: 381; Forel, 1895b: 120; Emery, 1900e: 177 (in key); Emery, 1910b: 24; Forel, 1911e: 290; Forel, 1912d: 45; Mann, 1916: 422; Luederwaldt, 1918: 37; Borgmeier, 1923: 47; Wheeler, 1925a: 2; Borgmeier, 1930: 22; Santschi, 1933f: 106; Borgmeier, 1955: 329 (redescription); Kempf, 1972b: 156; Watkins, 1976: 11 (in key); Brandão, 1991: 360; Bolton, 1995b: 289; Wild, 2007b: 26.

Obsolete combinations

• Eciton legionis

Citations

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