• Lectotype designation: Johnson, 2015: 98.
• Kugler, 1979a: 170 (eq.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1953a: 112 (l.).
• Combination in Pogonomyrmex (Forelomyrmex): Wheeler, 1913a: 80
• Status as species: Forel, 1912h: 16; Emery, 1921c: 49; Kempf, 1972b: 209; Kugler, 1979a: 173 (redescription); Kugler & Hincapié, 1983: 190; Brandão, 1991: 372; Bolton, 1995b: 341; Taber, 1998: 146 (in key); Fernández & Palacio, 1998: 1657 (in key); Lattke, 2006: 56 (in key); Johnson, 2015: 98 (redescription); Fernández & Serna, 2019: 795.

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