• Mayr, 1876: 93 (q.); Clark, 1943: 141 (m.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1971d: 251 (l.); Imai & Taylor, 1986: 59 (k.)
• Combination in Myrmecia (Pristomyrmecia): Emery, 1911e: 21.
• Combination in Myrmecia (Promyrmecia): Wheeler, 1933i: 67.
• Combination in Promyrmecia: Clark, 1943: 140.
• Combination in Myrmecia: Brown, 1953j: 20.
• Status as species: Roger, 1861a: 36; Mayr, 1862: 727 (in key); Roger, 1863b: 23; Mayr, 1863a: 430; Mayr, 1876: 93; Dalla Torre, 1893: 21; Emery, 1911e: 21; Crawley, 1926: 385 (redescription); Clark, 1928c: 39; Wheeler, 1933i: 67; Clark, 1943: 140 (redescription); Clark, 1951: 156 (redescription); Brown, 1953j: 20; Kugler, 1980b: 265; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 14; Taylor, 1987a: 45; Ogata, 1991a: 359; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1639 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 272.
• Senior synonym of Myrmecia rectidens: Brown, 1953j: 20; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 14; Taylor, 1987a: 45; Ogata & Taylor, 1991: 1630; Bolton, 1995b: 272.

Junior synonyms

• Myrmecia rectidens Forel, 1910
  Obsolete combination(s): Myrmecia piliventris rectidens

Citations

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