Taxonomic history
Replacement name for Pseudomyrmex modesta (Smith, 1862).[Junior primary homonym of Tetraponera modesta (Smith, 1860).].Combination in Pseudomyrmex: Kempf, 1967c PDF: 2.Status as species: Smith, 1877b PDF: 61; Emery, 1921c PDF: 31; Kempf, 1967c PDF: 2; Kempf, 1972b PDF: 216; Ward, 1992 PDF: 81 (in table); Ward, 1993 PDF: 154 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 371; Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012 PDF: 263; Guénard & Economo, 2015 10.11646/zootaxa.4040.2.8: 228; Ward, 2019 PDF: 1106.Senior synonym of Pseudomyrmex excavata: Kempf, 1967c PDF: 2; Kempf, 1972b PDF: 216; Ward, 1993 PDF: 154; Bolton, 1995b: 371.Senior synonym of Pseudomyrmex excavata flaviventris: Kempf, 1972b PDF: 216; Ward, 1993 PDF: 155; Bolton, 1995b: 371.Senior synonym of Pseudomyrmex excavata fusciceps: Kempf, 1972b PDF: 216; Ward, 1993 PDF: 155; Bolton, 1995b: 371.Senior synonym of Pseudomyrmex tenuis guatemalensis: Kempf, 1972b PDF: 216; Ward, 1993 PDF: 155; Bolton, 1995b: 371.Senior synonym of Pseudomyrmex thoracica: Ward, 1993 PDF: 154; Bolton, 1995b: 371.
