Taxonomic history
Wheeler & Wheeler, 1968a PDF: 210 (l.).Combination in Gesomyrmex: Wheeler, 1929a PDF: 10.Status as species: Emery, 1925d PDF: 47; Wheeler, W.M. 1929a: 10; Cole, 1949: 76 (in key); Brown, 1950g PDF: 249; Chapman & Capco, 1951 PDF: 208; Baltazar, 1966 PDF: 265; Bolton, 1995b: 207.Senior synonym of Gesomyrmex luzonensis chapmani: Brown, 1950g PDF: 249; Bolton, 1995b: 207.Dimorphomyrmex luzonensis Wheeler , 1916, Proceedings of the New England Zoological Club, 6:16-18. fig. 4, [[queen]].
Gesomyrmex luzonensis var. chapmani Wheeler , 1930, Psyche, 37:35-40, fig. 1, all castes. (New synonymy.)
Female types compare very well, except that in G. chapmani very slight fading is apparent but insignificant as a point of differentiation.
