Taxonomic history
De Andrade, 1998a PDF: 637 (m.); De Andrade, 2001 PDF: 57 (q.).Combination in Cylindromyrmex (Metacylindromyrmex): Wheeler, 1924b PDF: 106.Status as species: Emery, 1911e PDF: 15; Forel, 1911g PDF: 254; Wheeler, 1924b PDF: 106 (in key); Menozzi, 1931d PDF: 195 (in key); Wheeler, 1937b PDF: 445 (in key); Kempf, 1972b PDF: 91; Brown, 1975 PDF: 38; Bolton, 1995b: 167; De Andrade, 1998a PDF: 633 (redescription); De Andrade, 2001 PDF: 57; Palacio, 2019 PDF: 596.