Taxonomic history
As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1911g: 250; Emery, 1911e PDF: 115.Subspecies of Odontomachus ruficeps: Forel, 1910b PDF: 10.Junior synonym of Odontomachus cephalotes: Brown, 1976a: 103.Status as species: Clark, 1928b PDF: 169; Brown, 1978b PDF: 283; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 36; Taylor, 1987a PDF: 49; Bolton, 1995b: 297.