• Olivier, 1792: 500 (q.m.); Wheeler, 1949: 677 (l.).
• Combination in Myrmica: Latreille, 1804: 179.
• Combination in Oecodoma: Latreille, 1818a: 224; Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, 1835: 176; Smith, 1858a: 180.
• Combination in Atta: Fabricius, 1804: 421; Latreille, 1809: 129; Leach, 1815: 147; Roger, 1863b: 35.
• Status as species: Linnaeus, 1767: 964; De Geer, 1773: 604; Fabricius, 1775: 395; Fabricius, 1782: 493; Retzius, 1783: 76; Fabricius, 1787: 310; Gmelin, 1790: 2802; Christ, 1791: 516; Olivier, 1792: 499; Fabricius, 1793: 362; Latreille, 1802a: 222; Fabricius, 1804: 421; Gravenhorst, 1807: 287; Jurine, 1807: 274 (in text); Latreille, 1809: 129; Leach, 1815: 147; Lamarck, 1817: 97; Latreille, 1818a: 224; Lund, 1831a: 118; Pohl & Kollar, 1832: 14; Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, 1835: 176; Guérin-Méneville, 1844a: 422; Smith, 1858a: 180; Roger, 1863b: 35; Mayr, 1863a: 437; Mayr, 1865: 81 (redescription); Mayr, 1884: 37; Emery, 1892c: 162; Dalla Torre, 1893: 151; Emery, 1894l: 57; Forel, 1895b: 138; Forel, 1899b: 32; Forel, 1905e: 157; Wheeler, 1905c: 130; Wheeler, 1907b: 274; Forel, 1908c: 40; Forel, 1909a: 249; Forel, 1912f: 179; Emery, 1913c: 259; Mann, 1916: 453; Wheeler, 1916c: 11; Wheeler, 1916f: 326; Crawley, 1916b: 372; Forel, 1921b: 134; Mann, 1922: 51; Wheeler, 1922e: 14; Wheeler, 1923a: 4; Emery, 1924f: 353; Wheeler, 1925a: 36; Borgmeier, 1927c: 136; Santschi, 1929f: 92 (in key); Borgmeier, 1934: 108; Menozzi, 1935b: 197; Weber, 1938b: 205; Santschi, 1939f: 166; Borgmeier, 1939: 422 (in list); Weber, 1941b: 127; Gonçalves, 1942: 344; Weber, 1945: 72; Weber, 1946c: 156; Gonçalves, 1947a: 185; Borgmeier, 1950d: 254; Weber, 1958a: 9; Borgmeier, 1959b: 339 (redescription); Kempf, 1961b: 520; Kempf, 1972b: 26; Cherrett & Cherrett, 1989: 52; Bolton, 1995b: 75; Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012: 257; Bezděčková et al., 2015: 115; Fernández et al., 2015: 99 (redescription); Fernández & Serna, 2019: 841.
• Senior synonym of Atta fervens: Smith, 1858a: 180; Mayr, 1863a: 437; Roger, 1863b: 35; Dalla Torre, 1893: 151; Forel, 1899b: 32; Emery, 1924f: 353; Borgmeier, 1959b: 340; Kempf, 1972b: 26; Bolton, 1995b: 75; Fernández et al., 2015: 99.
• Senior synonym of Atta grossa: Latreille, 1802a: 224; Fabricius, 1804: 421; Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, 1835: 176; Smith, 1858a: 180; Mayr, 1863a: 437; Roger, 1863b: 35; Dalla Torre, 1893: 151; Forel, 1899b: 32; Emery, 1924f: 353; Kempf, 1972b: 26; Bolton, 1995b: 75; Fernández et al., 2015: 99.
• Senior synonym of Atta cephalotes integrior: Borgmeier, 1959b: 340; Kempf, 1972b: 26; Bolton, 1995b: 75; Fernández et al., 2015: 99.
• Senior synonym of Atta cephalotes isthmicola: Borgmeier, 1959b: 340; Kempf, 1972b: 26; Bolton, 1995b: 75; Fernández et al., 2015: 99.
• Senior synonym of Atta migratoria: De Geer, 1773: 604; Retzius, 1783: 76; Fabricius, 1793: 362; Fabricius, 1804: 421; Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, 1835: 176; Smith, 1858a: 180; Mayr, 1863a: 437; Roger, 1863b: 35; Dalla Torre, 1893: 151; Forel, 1899b: 32; Emery, 1924f: 353; Borgmeier, 1959b: 340; Kempf, 1972b: 26; Bolton, 1995b: 75; Fernández et al., 2015: 99.
• Senior synonym of Atta cephalotes oaxaquensis: Borgmeier, 1959b: 340; Kempf, 1972b: 26; Bolton, 1995b: 75; Fernández et al., 2015: 99.
• Senior synonym of Atta cephalotes opaca: Borgmeier, 1959b: 340; Kempf, 1972b: 26; Bolton, 1995b: 75; Fernández et al., 2015: 99.
• Senior synonym of Atta polita: Borgmeier, 1959b: 340; Kempf, 1972b: 26; Bolton, 1995b: 75; Fernández et al., 2015: 99.
• Senior synonym of Atta visitatrix: Emery, 1892c: 162; Dalla Torre, 1893: 151; Forel, 1899b: 32; Emery, 1924f: 353; Kempf, 1972b: 26; Bolton, 1995b: 75; Fernández et al., 2015: 99.

Junior synonyms

• Atta cephalotes integrior Forel, 1904
• Atta cephalotes isthmicola Weber, 1941
• Atta cephalotes oaxaquensis Gonçalves, 1942
• Atta cephalotes opaca Forel, 1904
• Atta fervens (Drury, 1782)
  Obsolete combination(s): Formica fervens
• Atta grossa (Fabricius, 1787)
  Obsolete combination(s): Formica grossa
• Atta migratoria (De Geer, 1773)
  Obsolete combination(s): Formica migratoria
• Atta polita Emery, 1905
  Obsolete combination(s): Atta cephalotes polita
• Atta visitatrix (Christ, 1791)
  Obsolete combination(s): Formica visitatrix

Obsolete combinations

• Formica cephalotes

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