• Lectotype designation: Ward, 1989a: 422.
• Combination in Pseudomyrmex: Kempf, 1961a: 375
• Status as species: Smith, 1858a: 155; Roger, 1863b: 24; Mayr, 1863a: 452; Smith, 1877b: 59; Dalla Torre, 1893: 58; Forel, 1895b: 123; Forel, 1911g: 277; Mann, 1916: 424; Emery, 1921c: 33; Borgmeier, 1927c: 74; Kempf, 1961a: 375 (redescription); Kempf, 1970b: 329; Kempf, 1972b: 221; Ward, 1989a: 422 (redescription); Brandão, 1991: 375; Ward, 1992: 81 (in table); Bolton, 1995b: 374; Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012: 264; Bezděčková et al., 2015: 126; Ward, 2019: 1103.
• Senior synonym of Pseudomyrmex advena: Forel, 1911g: 277; Emery, 1921c: 33; Kempf, 1961a: 375; Kempf, 1972b: 221; Ward, 1989a: 422; Bolton, 1995b: 374.
• Senior synonym of Pseudomyrmex sericeus altinoda: Ward, 1989a: 422; Brandão, 1991: 377; Bolton, 1995b: 374.
• Senior synonym of Pseudomyrmex dolichopsis: Kempf, 1961a: 375; Kempf, 1972b: 222; Ward, 1989a: 422; Bolton, 1995b: 374.
• Senior synonym of Pseudomyrmex dolichopsis implicata: Kempf, 1961a: 375; Kempf, 1972b: 222; Ward, 1989a: 422; Bolton, 1995b: 374.
• Senior synonym of Pseudomyrmex wessoni tuberculata: Ward, 1989a: 422; Brandão, 1991: 377; Bolton, 1995b: 374.
• Senior synonym of Pseudomyrmex wessoni: Ward, 1989a: 422; Brandão, 1991: 377; Bolton, 1995b: 374.

Junior synonyms

• Pseudomyrmex advena (Smith, 1855)
  Obsolete combination(s): Pseudomyrma advena
• Pseudomyrmex dolichopsis (Forel, 1899)
  Obsolete combination(s): Pseudomyrma dolichopsis
• Pseudomyrmex dolichopsis implicata (Forel, 1911)
  Obsolete combination(s): Pseudomyrma dolichopsis implicata
• Pseudomyrmex sericeus altinoda (Mann, 1916)
  Obsolete combination(s): Pseudomyrma sericea altinoda
• Pseudomyrmex wessoni (Enzmann, 1944)
  Obsolete combination(s): Pseudomyrma wessoni
• Pseudomyrmex wessoni tuberculata (Enzmann, 1944)
  Obsolete combination(s): Pseudomyrma wessoni tuberculata

Obsolete combinations

• Pseudomyrma oculata

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