• Emery, 1896g: 39 (s.w.); Wheeler, 1921d: 304, 307 (q.m.); Emery, 1899f: 6 (l.).
• Combination in Eciton (Labidus): Emery, 1890c: 39.
• Combination in Eciton (Eciton): Emery, 1910b: 20.
• Status as species: Smith, 1859c: 5; Roger, 1863b: 41; Mayr, 1863a: 424; Forel, 1886a: 217; Emery, 1890c: 39; Dalla Torre, 1893: 1; Emery, 1894l: 46; Forel, 1895b: 118; Emery, 1896g: 39; Forel, 1899b: 23; Forel, 1899j: 273; Emery, 1900e: 176 (in key); Emery, 1906c: 108; Forel, 1907h: 2; Forel, 1908c: 40; Forel, 1908: 346; Forel, 1909a: 246; Emery, 1910b: 20; Forel, 1912d: 42; Mann, 1916: 420; Crawley, 1916b: 368; Wheeler, 1916c: 3; Wheeler, 1916f: 324; Luederwaldt, 1918: 36; Santschi, 1920d: 362; Wheeler, 1921d: 293; Wheeler, 1922e: 1; Borgmeier, 1923: 37; Wheeler, 1923a: 1; Santschi, 1923c: 249; Wheeler, 1925a: 2; Santschi, 1925d: 222; Santschi, 1930e: 82; Menozzi, 1935b: 189; Eidmann, 1936a: 28; Borgmeier, 1936b: 53; Borgmeier, 1939: 404; Santschi, 1939f: 160; Wheeler, 1943: 328; Borgmeier, 1955: 178 (redescription); Brown, 1957e: 234; Kempf, 1961b: 485; Kempf, 1970b: 323; Kempf, 1972b: 101; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1974c: 169; Watkins, 1976: 9 (in key); Kempf & Lenko, 1976: 48; Watkins, 1982: 209 (in key); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1984a: 270; Brandão, 1991: 341; Bolton, 1995b: 184; Palacio, 1999: 152 (in key); Wild, 2007b: 25; Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012: 254; Bezděčková et al., 2015: 109; Palacio, 2019: 600.

Obsolete combinations

• Labidus burchellii

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