• Lectotype designation: Perrault, 1988a: 383 (in text).
• Wheeler & Wheeler, 1973d: 207 (l.)
• Combination in Pseudomyrmex: Kempf, 1960a: 8
• Junior synonym of Pseudomyrmex gracilis: Forel, 1911g: 276
• Subspecies of Pseudomyrmex gracilis: Forel, 1912h: 19; Emery, 1921c: 29; Borgmeier, 1927c: 72.
• Subspecies of Pseudomyrmex denticollis: Gallardo, 1932a: 56 (redescription).
• Status as species: Smith, 1858a: 154; Roger, 1863b: 24; Mayr, 1863a: 452; Smith, 1877b: 58; Dalla Torre, 1893: 59; Forel, 1895b: 124; Kempf, 1960a: 8 (redescription); Kempf, 1960e: 393; Kempf, 1961b: 498; Kempf, 1972b: 224; Kempf & Lenko, 1976: 64; Perrault, 1988a: 384; Brandão, 1991: 375; Ward, 1992: 81 (in table); Bolton, 1995b: 376; Wild, 2007b: 41; Bezděčková et al., 2015: 126; Ward, 2019: 1106.
• Senior synonym of Pseudomyrmex elegans breviceps: Kempf, 1960a: 8; Kempf, 1972b: 224; Bolton, 1995b: 376.
• Senior synonym of Pseudomyrmex elegans: Kempf, 1960a: 8; Kempf, 1972b: 224; Bolton, 1995b: 376.
• Senior synonym of Pseudomyrmex denticollis infusca: Kempf, 1960a: 8; Kempf, 1972b: 224; Bolton, 1995b: 376.
• Senior synonym of Pseudomyrmex nigriceps: Perrault, 1988a: 384; Brandão, 1991: 377; Bolton, 1995b: 376.

Junior synonyms

• Pseudomyrmex denticollis infusca (Forel, 1908)
  Obsolete combination(s): Pseudomyrma denticollis infusca
• Pseudomyrmex elegans (Smith, 1855)
  Obsolete combination(s): Pseudomyrma elegans
• Pseudomyrmex elegans breviceps (Forel, 1912)
  Obsolete combination(s): Pseudomyrma elegans breviceps
• Pseudomyrmex nigriceps (Smith, 1855)
  Obsolete combination(s): Pseudomyrma nigriceps

Obsolete combinations

• Pseudomyrma termitaria

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