• Combination in Eciton: Dalla Torre, 1893: 3.
• Combination in Eciton (Labidus): Emery, 1910b: 23.
• Combination in Eciton (Holopone): Santschi, 1925b: 11.
• Combination in Eciton (Nomamyrmex): Borgmeier, 1936b: 55.
• Combination in Nomamyrmex: Borgmeier, 1953: 8.
• Status as species: Smith, 1859c: 7; Roger, 1863b: 42; Mayr, 1863a: 424; Forel, 1886a: 217; Dalla Torre, 1893: 3; Forel, 1895b: 119; Emery, 1900e: 177 (in key); Forel, 1901m: 47; Emery, 1910b: 23; Santschi, 1920d: 366; Borgmeier, 1923: 43; Santschi, 1930e: 82; Borgmeier, 1955: 155 (redescription); Kempf, 1960e: 387; Kempf, 1961b: 485; Watkins, 1976: 7 (in key); Watkins, 1977a: 204; Kempf, 1972b: 165; Watkins, 1982: 215 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 292; Palacio, 1999: 161 (in key); Wild, 2007b: 26; Bezděčková et al., 2015: 110; Palacio, 2019: 626.
• Senior synonym of Nomamyrmex apicifer: Borgmeier, 1953: 14; Borgmeier, 1955: 155; Kempf, 1972b: 165; Bolton, 1995b: 292.
• Senior synonym of Nomamyrmex hartigii hansi: Borgmeier, 1953: 9; Borgmeier, 1955: 155; Kempf, 1972b: 165; Bolton, 1995b: 292.
• Senior synonym of Nomamyrmex schlechtendali: Borgmeier, 1955: 155; Kempf, 1972b: 165; Bolton, 1995b: 292.

Junior synonyms

• Nomamyrmex apicifer (Santschi, 1916)
  Obsolete combination(s): Eciton apicifer
• Nomamyrmex hartigii hansi (Forel, 1912)
  Obsolete combination(s): Eciton hartigi hansi
• Nomamyrmex schlechtendali (Mayr, 1887)
  Obsolete combination(s): Eciton schlechtendali

Obsolete combinations

• Eciton hartigii
• Labidus hartigii

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