• Combination in Eciton (Acamatus): Emery, 1910b: 24.
• Combination in Eciton (Neivamyrmex): Smith, 1942c: 549.
• Combination in Neivamyrmex: Borgmeier, 1953: 6.
• Status as species: Pergande, 1896: 874; Forel, 1899b: 28; Emery, 1910b: 24; Wheeler, 1914c: 41; Smith, 1942c: 549 (redescription); Creighton, 1950a: 72; Smith, 1951c: 780; Borgmeier, 1953: 19; Borgmeier, 1955: 385 (redescription); Smith, 1958c: 109; Smith, 1967a: 345; Watkins, 1971: 94 (in key); Kempf, 1972b: 156; Watkins, 1972: 348 (in key); Hunt & Snelling, 1975: 21; Watkins, 1976: 16 (in key); Smith, 1979: 1331; Watkins, 1982: 210 (in key); Watkins, 1985: 481 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 290; Mackay & Mackay, 2002: 59; Snelling & Snelling, 2007: 479; Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012: 254.
• Senior synonym of Neivamyrmex melanocephalus xipe: Smith, 1942c: 549; Creighton, 1950a: 72; Smith, 1951c: 780; Borgmeier, 1953: 19; Borgmeier, 1955: 385; Kempf, 1972b: 156; Smith, 1979: 1331; Bolton, 1995b: 290; Snelling & Snelling, 2007: 479.

Junior synonyms

• Neivamyrmex melanocephalus xipe (Wheeler, 1914)
  Obsolete combination(s): Eciton melanocephalum xipe

Obsolete combinations

• Eciton melanocephalum

Citations

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