Taxonomic history
Forel, 1914e: 10 (w.).Subspecies of Cheliomyrmex nortoni: Emery, 1910b PDF: 17.Status as species: Forel, 1914e: 10; Wheeler, 1921d PDF: 325; Borgmeier, 1936b PDF: 65; Borgmeier, 1955 PDF: 71 (redescription); Kempf, 1972b PDF: 76; Kempf, 1975c PDF: 371; Watkins, 1976 PDF: 6 (in key); Brandão, 1991 PDF: 337; Bolton, 1995b: 145; Bezděčková et al., 2015 PDF: 109; Palacio, 2019 PDF: 588.Senior synonym of Cheliomyrmex ursinum: Kempf, 1975c PDF: 372; Brandão, 1991 PDF: 337; Bolton, 1995b: 145.