• Combination in Probolomyrmex: Taylor, 1965d: 355
• Status as species: Emery, 1911e: 53; Wheeler, 1922: 762; Finzi, 1939a: 161; Taylor, 1965d: 355 (redescription); Brown, 1975: 11; Bolton, 1995b: 366; Collingwood & van Harten, 2005: 74; Borowiec, 2014: 149; Madl, 2019: 17.
• Senior synonym of Probolomyrmex parvus: Taylor, 1965d: 355; Brown, 1975: 11; Bolton, 1995b: 366.

Junior synonyms

• Probolomyrmex parvus Weber, 1949

Obsolete combinations

• Escherichia brevirostris

Citations

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