• Lectotype designation: Ward, 1989a: 438.
• Wheeler, 1919k: 125 (w.m.); Wheeler & Bailey, 1920: 259 (l.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1956: 384 (l.)
• Combination in Leptalea: Erichson, 1839: 309.
• Combination in Pseudomyrma: Roger, 1862c: 289.
• Combination in Pseudomyrmex: Wheeler & Wheeler, 1956: 384.
• Status as species: Roger, 1862c: 289; Roger, 1863b: 24; Mayr, 1863a: 452; Mayr, 1870a: 407 (in key); Smith, 1877b: 60; Dalla Torre, 1893: 56; Forel, 1895b: 122; Forel, 1899b: 86; Forel, 1911g: 278; Wheeler, 1919k: 125 (redescription); Emery, 1921c: 32; Wheeler, 1922e: 4; Borgmeier, 1927c: 71; Enzmann, 1944: 73; Kempf, 1960e: 393; Kempf, 1972b: 218; Ward, 1989a: 438; Brandão, 1991: 376; Ward, 1992: 81 (in table); Bolton, 1995b: 373; Wild, 2007b: 40; Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012: 264; Guénard & Economo, 2015: 228; Ward, 2019: 1106.
• Senior synonym of Pseudomyrmex biconvexa: Wheeler, 1919k: 125; Wheeler, 1925a: 12 (in text); Kempf, 1972b: 218; Ward, 1989a: 438; Bolton, 1995b: 373.
• Senior synonym of Pseudomyrmex cephalica: Roger, 1862c: 289; Roger, 1863b: 24; Mayr, 1863a: 452; Smith, 1877b: 59; Dalla Torre, 1893: 56; Forel, 1895b: 122; Forel, 1899b: 86; Forel, 1911g: 278; Wheeler, 1919k: 125; Emery, 1921c: 32; Kempf, 1972b: 218; Ward, 1989a: 438; Bolton, 1995b: 373.
• Senior synonym of Pseudomyrmex biconvexa longiceps Forel, 1906d: Ward, 1989a: 438; Brandão, 1991: 376; Bolton, 1995b: 373.
• Senior synonym of Pseudomyrmex longiceps Stitz, 1933: Ward, 1989a: 438; Brandão, 1991: 376; Bolton, 1995b: 373.

Junior synonyms

• Pseudomyrmex biconvexa (Forel, 1899)
  Obsolete combination(s): Pseudomyrma biconvexa
• Pseudomyrmex biconvexa longiceps (Forel, 1906)
  Obsolete combination(s): Pseudomyrma biconvexa longiceps
• Pseudomyrmex cephalica (Smith, 1855)
  Obsolete combination(s): Pseudomyrma cephalica
• Pseudomyrmex longiceps (Stitz, 1933)
  Obsolete combination(s): Pseudomyrma longiceps

Obsolete combinations

• Formica filiformis

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