• Mayr, 1887: 549 (w.); Forel, 1893j: 367 (m.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1952a: 120 (l.); Ladino & Feitosa, 2020: 240 (m.)
• Status as species: Mayr, 1887: 549; Forel, 1893j: 367; Dalla Torre, 1893: 15; Forel, 1895b: 110; Wheeler, 1905c: 120; Emery, 1911e: 33; Borgmeier, 1923: 54; Brown, 1960a: 178, 215; Kempf, 1972b: 210; Kempf & Lenko, 1976: 49; Bolton, 1995b: 365; Wild, 2007b: 23; Feitosa, 2015c: 97; Ladino & Feitosa, 2020: 240 (redescription).
• Senior synonym of Prionopelta bruchi: Brown, 1960a: 178, 216; Kempf, 1972b: 210; Bolton, 1995b: 365; Ladino & Feitosa, 2020: 240.
• Senior synonym of Prionopelta mayri: Brown, 1960a: 178, 216; Kempf, 1972b: 210; Bolton, 1995b: 365; Ladino & Feitosa, 2020: 240.

Junior synonyms

• Prionopelta bruchi Santschi, 1923
• Prionopelta mayri Forel, 1909

Citations

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