• Lectotype designation: Brown & Kempf, 1960: 194.
• [Misspelled as balsani by Perrault, 1988c: 307 (in key).]
• Combination in Rhopalothrix (Octostruma): Emery, 1924f: 328.
• Combination in Octostruma: Brown, 1949f: 92.
• Status as species: Emery, 1924f: 328; Brown, 1949h: 92; Brown & Kempf, 1960: 194 (redescription); Kempf, 1961b: 516; Kempf, 1972b: 169; Perrault, 1988c: 307 (in key); Brandão, 1991: 362; Bolton, 1995b: 293; Palacio, 1997: 417 (in key); Wild, 2007b: 34; Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012: 258; Longino, 2013b: 20 (redescription); Bezděčková et al., 2015: 118; Fernández & Serna, 2019: 867.
• Senior synonym of Octostruma barberi: Brown & Kempf, 1960: 194; Kempf, 1972b: 169; Bolton, 1995b: 293; Longino, 2013b: 20.
• Senior synonym of Octostruma equilatera: Brown & Kempf, 1960: 194; Kempf, 1972b: 169; Bolton, 1995b: 293; Longino, 2013b: 20.

Junior synonyms

• Octostruma barberi (Mann, 1922)
  Obsolete combination(s): Rhopalothrix barberi
• Octostruma equilatera (Weber, 1934)
  Obsolete combination(s): Rhopalothrix equilatera

Obsolete combinations

• Rhopalothrix balzani

Citations

• Bezděčková, K.; Bezděčka, P.; Machar, I. 2015. A checklist of the ants of Peru. Zootaxa 4020:101-133. PDF
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Brandão, C. R. F. 1991. Adendos ao catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 35:319-412. PDF
• Branstetter, M. G.; Sáenz, L. 2012. Las hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) de Guatemala. Pp. 221-268 in: Cano, E. B.; Schuster, J. C. (eds.) 2012. Biodiversidad de Guatemala. Volumen 2. Guatemala: Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, iv + 328 pp. PDF
• Brown, W. L., Jr. 1949f. Revision of the ant tribe Dacetini. I. Fauna of Japan, China and Taiwan. Mushi 20:1-25. PDF
• Brown, W. L., Jr. 1949h. Revision of the ant tribe Dacetini: IV. Some genera properly excluded from the Dacetini, with the establishment of the Basicerotini new tribe. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 75:83-96. PDF
• Brown, W. L., Jr.; Kempf, W. W. 1960. A world revision of the ant tribe Basicerotini. Studia Entomologica (n.s.)3:161-250. PDF
• Emery, C. 1894d. Studi sulle formiche della fauna neotropica. VI-XVI. Bullettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 26:137-241. PDF
• Emery, C. 1924f ("1922"). Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [concl.]. Genera Insectorum 174C:207-397. PDF
• Fernández, F.; Serna, F. J. 2019. Subfamilia Myrmicinae. Capítulo 27. Pp. 791-888 in: Fernández, F.; Guerrero, R. J.; Delsinne, T. (eds.) 2019d. Hormigas de Colombia. Bogotá: Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 1198 pp. PDF
• Kempf, W. W. 1961b. A survey of the ants of the soil fauna in Surinam (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Studia Entomologica 4:481-524. PDF
• Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
• Longino, J. T. 2013b. A revision of the ant genus Octostruma Forel, 1912 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Zootaxa 3699:1-61. PDF
• Palacio, E. 1997. Hormigas de Colombia VI. Dos nuevas especies de Octostruma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Basicerotini). Caldasia 19:409-418.
• Perrault, G. H. 1988c. Octostrumma [sic] betschi, n. sp. de Guyane Française (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Revue Française d'Entomologie (Nouvelle Série) 10:303-307. PDF
• Wild, A. L. 2007b. A catalogue of the ants of Paraguay (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 1622:1-55. PDF