• [Misspelled as aurata by Menozzi, 1935b: 196.]
• Wheeler & Wheeler, 1954d: 444 (l.).
• Combination in Ochetomyrmex: Forel, 1886b: xlix.
• Combination in Tetramorium (Xiphomyrmex): Forel, 1887: 384.
• Combination in Wasmannia: Forel, 1893j: 383.
• Status as species: Roger, 1863b: 27; Mayr, 1863a: 456; Forel, 1885a: 375; Forel, 1886b: xlix; Mayr, 1887: 623; Emery, 1890c: 46; Dalla Torre, 1893: 130; Forel, 1893j: 383; Emery, 1894l: 53; Forel, 1895b: 126, 143; Forel, 1897b: 300; Forel, 1899b: 54; Forel, 1901d: 128; Forel, 1902b: 177; Wheeler, 1905c: 128; Emery, 1906c: 160; Wheeler, 1908a: 143; Wheeler, 1908b: 161; Forel, 1908c: 44; Wheeler, 1911a: 28; Wheeler, 1911b: 170; Forel, 1912h: 1; Wheeler, 1913b: 486; Wheeler, 1913e: 240; Wheeler & Mann, 1914: 38; Donisthorpe, 1915f: 341; Mann, 1916: 448; Wheeler, 1916c: 8; Wheeler, 1916f: 324; Wasmann, 1918a: 75; Luederwaldt, 1918: 40; Wheeler, 1919e: 304; Mann, 1920b: 428; Mann, 1922: 33; Wheeler, 1922: 912; Wheeler, 1922e: 11; Wheeler, 1923d: 5; Emery, 1924f: 294; Wheeler, 1925a: 36; Stärcke, 1926a: 88 (in key); Borgmeier, 1927c: 111; Donisthorpe, 1927c: 393; Menozzi, 1927c: 268; Menozzi, 1929b: 3; Menozzi & Russo, 1930: 162; Smith, 1930a: 4; Menozzi, 1931b: 272; Santschi, 1931d: 271; Wheeler, 1932a: 11; Wheeler, 1935g: 32; Eidmann, 1936a: 48; Wheeler, 1936c: 200; Smith, 1937: 854; Wheeler, 1942: 207; Brown, 1948d: 102; Weber, 1948b: 82; Creighton, 1950a: 295; Smith, 1951c: 824; Kusnezov, 1952h: 182 (in key); Kusnezov, 1953c: 338; Smith, 1954c: 7; Smith, 1958c: 135; Kempf, 1961b: 512; Kempf, 1964e: 66; Kempf, 1970b: 335; Kempf, 1972b: 257; Alayo, 1974: 39; Smith, 1979: 1402; Taylor, 1987a: 81; Zolessi et al., 1988: 4; Deyrup et al., 1989: 97; Brandão, 1991: 383; Bolton, 1995b: 423; Deyrup et al., 2000: 298; Deyrup, 2003: 47; Wetterer & Wetterer, 2004: 215; Coovert, 2005: 86; Ward, 2005: 38; Longino & Fernández, 2007: 276; Wild, 2007b: 38; Vonshak & Ionescu-Hirsch, 2010: 45; Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012: 262; Sarnat et al., 2013: 72; Wetterer, 2013d: 173; Borowiec, 2014: 206; Ramage, 2014: 174; Bezděčková et al., 2015: 122; Cuezzo et al., 2015: 249 (redescription); Wetterer et al., 2016: 21; Deyrup, 2017: 158; Fernández & Serna, 2019: 881; Lubertazzi, 2019: 198; Herrera et al., 2024: 198; Jallow & Gómez, 2024: 10.
• Senior synonym of Wasmannia atomum: Wheeler, 1922: 912; Bolton, 1995b: 423; Longino & Fernández, 2007: 277.
• Senior synonym of Wasmannia auropunctata australis: Longino & Fernández, 2007: 276.
• Senior synonym of Wasmannia glabra: Kempf, 1964e: 66; Kempf, 1972b: 258; Smith, 1979: 1402; Bolton, 1995b: 423; Longino & Fernández, 2007: 277.
• Senior synonym of Wasmannia auropunctata laevifrons: Longino & Fernández, 2007: 276.
• Senior synonym of Wasmannia auropunctata nigricans: Longino & Fernández, 2007: 276.
• Senior synonym of Wasmannia auropunctata obscura: Longino & Fernández, 2007: 276.
• Senior synonym of Wasmannia panamana: Brown, 1948d: 102; Smith, 1954c: 7; Kempf, 1972b: 258; Smith, 1979: 1402; Bolton, 1995b: 423; Longino & Fernández, 2007: 277.
• Senior synonym of Wasmannia auropunctata pulla: Longino & Fernández, 2007: 277.
• Senior synonym of Wasmannia auropunctata rugosa: Longino & Fernández, 2007: 276.

Junior synonyms

• Wasmannia atomum (Santschi, 1914)
  Obsolete combination(s): Xiphomyrmex atomum
• Wasmannia auropunctata australis Emery, 1894
• Wasmannia auropunctata laevifrons Emery, 1894
• Wasmannia auropunctata nigricans Emery, 1906
• Wasmannia auropunctata obscura Forel, 1912
• Wasmannia auropunctata pulla Santschi, 1931
• Wasmannia auropunctata rugosa (Forel, 1886)
  Obsolete combination(s): Ochetomyrmex auropunctatus rugosus
• Wasmannia auropunctata weiseri Forel, 1914
  Obsolete combination(s): Wasmannia sulcaticeps weiseri
• Wasmannia glabra Santschi, 1931
• Wasmannia panamana (Enzmann, 1947)
  Obsolete combination(s): Hercynia panamana

Obsolete combinations

• Ochetomyrmex auropunctatus
• Tetramorium auropunctatum

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