• Lectotype designation: Ward, 1993: 158.
• Wheeler, 1942: 177 (q.)
• Combination in Pseudomyrmex: Kempf, 1972b: 223
• Subspecies of Pseudomyrmex sericeus: Forel, 1909a: 260; Forel, 1911g: 278; Emery, 1921c: 34; Wheeler, 1942: 177 (redescription); Enzmann, 1944: 71; Kempf, 1972b: 223.
• Status as species: Ward, 1993: 158 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 373; Ward, 1999b: 523 (redescription); Wild, 2007b: 41; Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012: 264; Ward, 2019: 1105.
• Senior synonym of Pseudomyrmex sericeus acaciarum: Ward, 1993: 158; Ward, 1999b: 523; Bolton, 1995b: 373.
• Senior synonym of Pseudomyrmex sericeus acaciorum: Ward, 1993: 158; Ward, 1999b: 523; Bolton, 1995b: 373.

Junior synonyms

• Pseudomyrmex sericeus acaciarum (Wheeler, 1942)
  Obsolete combination(s): Pseudomyrma sericea acaciarum
• Pseudomyrmex sericeus acaciorum (Enzmann, 1944)
  Obsolete combination(s): Pseudomyrma sericea acaciorum

Obsolete combinations

• Pseudomyrma sericea ita

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• 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
• Emery, C. 1921c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174A:1-94 + 7 plates. PDF
• Enzmann, E. V. 1944. Systematic notes on the genus Pseudomyrma. Psyche (Cambridge) 51:59-103. PDF
• Forel, A. 1906d. Fourmis néotropiques nouvelles ou peu connues. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 50:225-249. PDF
• Forel, A. 1909a. Ameisen aus Guatemala usw., Paraguay und Argentinien (Hym.). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1909:239-269. PDF
• Forel, A. 1911g. Die Ameisen des K. Zoologischen Museums in München. Sitzungsberichte der Mathematischen-Physikalischen Klasse der Königlich Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu München 11:249-303. PDF
• Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
• Ward, P. S. 1993. Systematic studies on Pseudomyrmex acacia-ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Pseudomyrmecinae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 2:117-168. PDF
• Ward, P. S. 1999b. Systematics, biogeography and host plant associations of the Pseudomyrmex viduus group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), Triplaris- and Tachigali-inhabiting ants. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 126:451-540. PDF
• Ward, P. S. 2019. Subfamilia Pseudomyrmecinae. Capítulo 33. Pp. 1089-1113 in: Fernández, F.; Guerrero, R. J.; Delsinne, T. (eds.) 2019d. Hormigas de Colombia. Bogotá: Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 1198 pp. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1942. Studies of Neotropical ant-plants and their ants. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 90:1-262. PDF
• Wild, A. L. 2007b. A catalogue of the ants of Paraguay (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 1622:1-55. PDF