• Mayr, 1866a: 497 (w.); Emery, 1896b: 2 (w.); Wheeler, 1942: 247 (l.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1951: 193 (l.)
• Combination in Iridomyrmex: Mayr, 1866a: 497.
• Combination in Azteca: Forel, 1878c: 384
• Junior synonym of Azteca instabilis: Mayr, 1878: 870; Dalla Torre, 1893: 164; Wheeler, 1911g: 159.
• Subspecies of Azteca instabilis: Emery, 1893l: 137.
• Status as species: Roger, 1863b: 14; Mayr, 1863a: 427; Mayr, 1866a: 497; Emery, 1896b: 2 (redescription); Forel, 1899b: 115; Emery, 1913a: 35; Wheeler, 1922e: 15; Wheeler, 1942: 247; Kempf, 1972b: 36; Brandão, 1991: 329; Longino, 1991a: 1594 (redescription); Shattuck, 1994: 29; Bolton, 1995b: 80; Longino, 2007: 52 (redescription); Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012: 253.
• Senior synonym of Azteca xanthochroa costaricensis: Longino, 1991a: 1594; Shattuck, 1994: 29; Bolton, 1995b: 80; Longino, 2007: 53.

Junior synonyms

• Azteca xanthochroa costaricensis Wheeler, 1942

Obsolete combinations

• Liometopum xanthochroum

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