• Imai et al., 1977: 349 (k.)
• Status as species: Emery, 1924f: 223; Wheeler, 1935e: 154 (redescription); Wilson & Taylor, 1967b: 103; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 65; Taylor, 1987a: 37; Taylor, 1991b: 602; Bolton, 1995b: 249; Shattuck & Barnett, 2007: 441 (redescription); Don, 2007: 98; Shattuck, 2007: 51 (in key).
• Senior synonym of Mayriella hackeri: Shattuck & Barnett, 2007: 441.
• Senior synonym of Mayriella venustula: Shattuck & Barnett, 2007: 441.

Junior synonyms

• Mayriella hackeri Wheeler, 1935
  Obsolete combination(s): Mayriella abstinens hackeri
• Mayriella venustula Wheeler, 1935
  Obsolete combination(s): Mayriella abstinens venustula

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Don, W. 2007. Ants of New Zealand. Dunedin, New Zealand: Otago University Press, 239 pp.
• Emery, C. 1924f ("1922"). Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [concl.]. Genera Insectorum 174C:207-397. PDF
• Forel, A. 1902j. Fourmis nouvelles d'Australie. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 10:405-548. PDF
• Imai, H. T.; Crozier, R. H.; Taylor, R. W. 1977. Karyotype evolution in Australian ants. Chromosoma (Berlin) 59:341-393. PDF
• Shattuck, S. O. 2007. New species of myrmicine ants from Western Australia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 1661:47-53. PDF
• Shattuck, S. O.; Barnett, N. J. 2007. Revision of the ant genus Mayriella. Pp. 437-458 in: Snelling, R. R.; Fisher, B. L.; Ward, P. S. (eds.) 2007. Advances in ant systematics (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): homage to E.O. Wilson – 50 years of contributions. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 80:690 pp.
• Taylor, R. W. 1987a. A checklist of the ants of Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization) Division of Entomology Report 41:1-92. PDF
• Taylor, R. W. 1991b. Nomenclature and distribution of some Australasian ants of the Myrmicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 30:599-614. PDF
• Taylor, R. W.; Brown, D. R. 1985. Formicoidea. Zoological Catalogue of Australia 2:1-149, 306-348.
• Wheeler, W. M. 1935e. The Australian ant genus Mayriella Forel. Psyche (Cambridge) 42:151-160. PDF
• Wilson, E. O.; Taylor, R. W. 1967b. The ants of Polynesia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Pacific Insects Monograph 14:1-109. PDF