• Forel, 1906d: 246 (m.); Luederwaldt, 1918: 54 (q.)
• Combination in Eciton (Labidus): Emery, 1910b: 23; Bruch, 1914: 215.
• Combintion in Labidus: Borgmeier, 1953: 16.
• Status as species: Mayr, 1863a: 409; Roger, 1863b: 36; Mayr, 1865: 77 (in key); Mayr, 1886b: 118; Dalla Torre, 1893: 5; Emery, 1894d: 180; von Jhering, 1894: 381; Forel, 1895b: 120; Forel, 1899b: 26; Emery, 1900e: 193; Forel, 1906d: 246; Emery, 1906c: 108; Wheeler, 1907b: 271; Forel, 1907h: 2; Forel, 1908c: 40; Forel, 1908: 346; Emery, 1910b: 23; Forel, 1912d: 43; Bruch, 1914: 215; Mann, 1916: 421; Santschi, 1916e: 368; Luederwaldt, 1918: 54; Santschi, 1919f: 39; Gallardo, 1920: 333; Santschi, 1920d: 366; Bruch, 1921: 181; Wheeler, 1921d: 310; Mann, 1922: 19; Borgmeier, 1923: 43; Wheeler, 1923a: 2; Wheeler, 1925a: 2; Santschi, 1930e: 83; Santschi, 1931f: 274; Menozzi, 1935b: 189; Stitz, 1937b: 132; Borgmeier, 1948b: 460; Borgmeier, 1953: 10, 19; Borgmeier, 1955: 103 (redescription); Kempf, 1961b: 485; Kempf, 1972b: 127; Kempf & Lenko, 1976: 47; Watkins, 1976: 8 (in key); Watkins, 1982: 210 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 220; Palacio, 1999: 153 (in key); Wild, 2007b: 25; Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012: 254; Bezděčková et al., 2015: 110; Palacio, 2019: 607.
• Senior synonym of Labidus praedator emiliae: Borgmeier, 1953: 10; Borgmeier, 1955: 103; Kempf, 1972b: 128; Bolton, 1995b: 220.
• Senior synonym of Labidus praedator ferruginea: Borgmeier, 1955: 103; Kempf, 1972b: 128; Bolton, 1995b: 220.
• Senior synonym of Labidus praedator guianense: Borgmeier, 1953: 19; Borgmeier, 1955: 103; Kempf, 1972b: 128; Bolton, 1995b: 220.
• Senior synonym of Labidus tepeguas: Mayr, 1886b: 118; Dalla Torre, 1893: 5; Forel, 1899b: 26; Emery, 1910b: 23; Gallardo, 1920: 333; Borgmeier, 1923: 43; Borgmeier, 1955: 103; Kempf, 1972b: 127; Bolton, 1995b: 220.
• Senior synonym of Labidus westwoodi: Emery, 1910b: 23; Gallardo, 1920: 333; Santschi, 1920d: 366; Borgmeier, 1923: 44; Borgmeier, 1955: 103; Kempf, 1972b: 128; Bolton, 1995b: 220.

Junior synonyms

• Labidus praedator emiliae (Mann, 1916)
  Obsolete combination(s): Eciton praedator emiliae
• Labidus praedator ferruginea (Norton, 1868)
  Obsolete combination(s): Labidus tepeguas ferruginea, Eciton tepeguas ferruginea
• Labidus praedator guianense (Wheeler, 1921)
  Obsolete combination(s): Eciton praedator guianense
• Labidus tepeguas (Norton, 1868)
  Obsolete combination(s): Eciton tepeguas
• Labidus westwoodi (Emery, 1900)
  Obsolete combination(s): Eciton westwoodi

Obsolete combinations

• Eciton praedator

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