• [Misspelled as columbica by Roger, 1863b: 35; Mayr, 1865: 81; Forel, 1885a: 362; Emery, 1890c: 55; Dalla Torre, 1893: 152; Forel, 1899b: 33; Forel, 1912f: 179; Emery, 1913c: 259; Wheeler, 1923d: 5; Emery, 1924f: 353; Menozzi, 1927c: 268; Santschi, 1929f: 92; Weber, 1938b: 205; Borgmeier, 1939: 422; Bolton, 1995b: 75, and others.]
• Forel, 1913m: 239 (m.); Borgmeier, 1959b: 348 (q.); Wheeler, 1949: 681 (l.).
• Combination in Oecodoma: Smith, 1858a: 184; Mayr, 1863a: 438.
• Combination in Atta: Roger, 1863b: 35.
• Subspecies of Atta lebasii: Emery, 1890c: 55.
• Subspecies of Atta cephalotes: Emery, 1913c: 258.
• Status as species: Smith, 1858a: 184; Roger, 1863b: 35; Mayr, 1863a: 437; Mayr, 1865: 81; Forel, 1885a: 362; Dalla Torre, 1893: 152; Emery, 1894l: 58; Forel, 1899b: 33; Forel, 1908c: 40; Forel, 1908: 348; Forel, 1912f: 179; Forel, 1913m: 239; Forel, 1914e: 10; Wheeler, 1923d: 5; Emery, 1924f: 353; Wheeler, 1925a: 36; Menozzi, 1927c: 268; Weber, 1938b: 205; Borgmeier, 1939: 422 (in list); Weber, 1941b: 127; Gonçalves, 1942: 346; Borgmeier, 1950d: 259; Weber, 1958a: 11; Borgmeier, 1959b: 345 (redescription); Kempf, 1972b: 26; Cherrett & Cherrett, 1989: 53; Bolton, 1995b: 75; Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012: 257; Fernández et al., 2015: 137 (redescription); Guénard & Economo, 2015: 227; Fernández & Serna, 2019: 842.
• Senior synonym of Atta cephalotes erecta: Borgmeier, 1959b: 346; Kempf, 1972b: 27; Bolton, 1995b: 75; Fernández et al., 2015: 137.
• Senior synonym of Atta lebasii: Dalla Torre, 1893: 152; Forel, 1899b: 33; Emery, 1924f: 353; Kempf, 1972b: 27; Bolton, 1995b: 75; Fernández et al., 2015: 137.
• Senior synonym of Atta colombica tonsipes: Borgmeier, 1959b: 346; Kempf, 1972b: 27; Bolton, 1995b: 75; Fernández et al., 2015: 137.

Junior synonyms

• Atta cephalotes erecta Santschi, 1929
• Atta colombica tonsipes Santschi, 1929
• Atta lebasii Guérin-Méneville, 1844

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