Taxonomic history
Lectotype designation: Salata & Borowiec, 2015b PDF: 11.Status as species: Emery, 1921c PDF: 76; Wheeler, 1927g PDF: 105; Wellenius, 1955 PDF: 6; Báez & Ortega, 1978: 190; Barquín, 1981: 103; Hohmann et al., 1993: 156; Bolton, 1995b: 302; Borowiec, 2014 PDF: 140; Salata & Borowiec, 2015b PDF: 11 (redescription).Senior synonym of Oxyopomyrmex insularis major: Barquín, 1981: 103; Bolton, 1995b: 302; Salata & Borowiec, 2015b PDF: 11.