• Wheeler, 1942: 239 (q.).
• Combination in Azteca: Forel, 1878c: 384
• Junior synonym of Azteca instabilis: Mayr, 1878: 870
• Junior synonym of Azteca xanthochroa: Forel, 1878c: 384 (footnote).
• Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 164; Emery, 1893l: 134 (redescription); Forel, 1899b: 109; Emery, 1913a: 34; Wheeler, 1916c: 12; Wheeler, 1942: 239; Kempf, 1972b: 34; Shattuck, 1994: 25; Bolton, 1995b: 79; Longino, 2007: 61.
• Revived from synonymy: Emery, 1893l: 134
• Senior synonym of Azteca instabilis mexicana: Longino, 2007: 61

Junior synonyms

• Azteca instabilis mexicana Emery, 1896

Obsolete combinations

• Iridomyrmex sericeus

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Dalla Torre, K. W. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. PDF
• Emery, C. 1893l. Studio monografico sul genere Azteca Forel. Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna (5)3:119-152 [pagination of separate: 319-352].
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