• Lectotype designation: LaPolla, 2004a: 47.
• Combination in Acropyga (Rhizomyrma): Mann, 1922: 53
• Status as species: Mann, 1922: 53; Emery, 1925d: 29; Wheeler, 1935f: 327; Donisthorpe, 1936b: 110 (in list); Weber, 1944b: 96 (redescription); Kempf, 1972b: 17; Bolton, 1995b: 57; LaPolla, 2004a: 47 (redescription); Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012: 255.
• Senior synonym of Acropyga bruchi: LaPolla, 2004a: 47.
• Senior synonym of Acropyga paramaribensis: LaPolla, 2004a: 47.
• Senior synonym of Acropyga robae: LaPolla, 2004a: 47.
• Senior synonym of Acropyga wheeleri: LaPolla, 2004a: 47.

Junior synonyms

• Acropyga bruchi Santschi, 1929
• Acropyga paramaribensis Borgmeier, 1933
• Acropyga robae Donisthorpe, 1936
• Acropyga wheeleri Mann, 1922

Obsolete combinations

• Rhizomyrma exsanguis

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Branstetter, M. G.; Sáenz, L. 2012. Las hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) de Guatemala. Pp. 221-268 in: Cano, E. B.; Schuster, J. C. (eds.) 2012. Biodiversidad de Guatemala. Volumen 2. Guatemala: Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, iv + 328 pp. PDF
• Donisthorpe, H. 1936b. Acropyga (Rhizomyrma) robae sp. nov. (Hym. Formicidae), a new S. American ant, with remarks on the genus, etc. Entomologist 69:108-111. PDF
• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183:1-302. PDF
• Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
• LaPolla, J. S. 2004a. Acropyga (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the world. Contributions of the American Entomological Institute 33(3):1-130. PDF
• Mann, W. M. 1922. Ants from Honduras and Guatemala. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 61:1-54. PDF
• Weber, N. A. 1944b. The neotropical coccid-tending ants of the genus Acropyga Roger. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 37:89-122. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1909b. Ants collected by Prof. F. Silvestri in Mexico. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della Reale Scuola Superiore d'Agricoltura. Portici 3:228-238. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1935f. Ants of the genus Acropyga Roger, with description of a new species. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 43:321-329. PDF