• Watkins, 1977a: 210 (m.)
• Combination in Nomamyrmex: Borgmeier, 1953: 13
• Subspecies of Nomamyrmex crassicornis: Menozzi, 1935b: 189.
• Junior synonym of Nomamyrmex esenbeckii wilsoni: Borgmeier, 1955: 139; Smith, 1958c: 108; Kempf, 1972b: 165; Smith, 1979: 1329.
• Subspecies of Nomamyrmex esenbeckii: Watkins, 1977a: 205; Brandão, 1991: 361; Bolton, 1995b: 292.
• Junior synonym of Nomamyrmex esenbeckii: Shattuck & Cover, 2016: 19

Obsolete combinations

• Eciton crassicornis mordax

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Borgmeier, T. 1953. Vorarbeiten zu einer Revision der neotropischen Wanderameisen. Studia Entomologica 2:1-51. PDF
• Borgmeier, T. 1955. Die Wanderameisen der neotropischen Region. Studia Entomologica 3:1-720. PDF
• Brandão, C. R. F. 1991. Adendos ao catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 35:319-412. PDF
• Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
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• Santschi, F. 1929a ("1928"). Sur quelques nouvelles fourmis du Brésil (Hym. Form.). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1928:414-416. PDF
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• Smith, D. R. 1979. Superfamily Formicoidea. Pp. 1323-1467 in: Krombein, K. V.; Hurd, P. D.; Smith, D. R.; Burks, B. D. (eds.) 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America north of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. i-xvi, 1199-2209.
• Smith, M. R. 1958c. Family Formicidae. Pp. 108-162 in: Krombein, K. V. (ed.) 1958. Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic catalogue. First supplement. United States Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Monograph 2(suppl. 1):1-305. PDF
• Watkins, J. F., II 1977a. The species and subspecies of Nomamyrmex (Dorylinae: Formicidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 50:203-214. PDF