• Lectotype designation: Ward, 1993: 144.
• [Also described as new by Emery, 1894l: 52.]
• Combination in Pseudomyrmex: Kempf, 1972b: 221
• Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 58; Forel, 1899b: 92; Wheeler, 1916c: 3; Emery, 1921c: 33; Menozzi, 1935b: 191; Wheeler, 1942: 171; Enzmann, 1944: 73; Kempf, 1972b: 221; Ward, 1993: 144 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 374; Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012: 264; Ward, 2017: 530.
• Senior synonym of Pseudomyrmex alfari: Ward, 1993: 145; Bolton, 1995b: 374; Ward, 2017: 530.
• Senior synonym of Pseudomyrmex nigrocinctus bicincta: Ward, 1993: 145; Bolton, 1995b: 374; Ward, 2017: 530.
• Senior synonym of Pseudomyrmex peltata: Ward, 1993: 145; Bolton, 1995b: 374; Ward, 2017: 530.

Junior synonyms

• Pseudomyrmex alfari (Forel, 1906)
  Obsolete combination(s): Pseudomyrma alfari
• Pseudomyrmex nigrocinctus bicincta (Santschi, 1922)
  Obsolete combination(s): Pseudomyrma nigrocincta bicincta
• Pseudomyrmex peltata (Menozzi, 1927)
  Obsolete combination(s): Pseudomyrma peltata

Obsolete combinations

• Pseudomyrma nigrocincta

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
• Dalla Torre, K. W. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. PDF
• Emery, C. 1890c. Studii sulle formiche della fauna neotropica. Bullettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 22:38-80. PDF
• Emery, C. 1894l. Estudios sobre las hormigas de Costa Rica. Anales del Museo Nacional de Costa Rica 1888-1889:45-64. 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. 1899b. Formicidae. [part]. Biologia Centrali-Americana Hym. 3:1-24. PDF
• Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
• Menozzi, C. 1935b. Spedizione del Prof. Nello Beccari nella Guiana Britannica. Hymenoptera-Formicidae. Redia 21:189-203. 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. 2017. A review of the Pseudomyrmex ferrugineus and Pseudomyrmex goeldii species groups: acacia-ants and relatives (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 4227 (4):524-542. 10.11646/zootaxa.4227.4.3 PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1916c. Ants collected in British Guiana by the expedition of the American Museum of Natural History during 1911. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 35:1-14. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1942. Studies of Neotropical ant-plants and their ants. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 90:1-262. PDF