Taxonomic history
[First available use of Myrmecocystus melliger semirufus romainei Cole, 1936; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.].Snelling, 1976 PDF: 78 (q.m.).Combination in Myrmecocystus (Endiodioctes): Snelling, 1976 PDF: 78.As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Cole, 1937b PDF: 138; Creighton, 1950a PDF: 447; Smith, 1951c PDF: 855.Material referred to Myrmecocystus mimicus by Creighton, 1950a PDF: 447.Status as species: Snelling, 1976 PDF: 78 (redescription); Smith, 1979: 1447; Snelling & George, 1979: 232; Snelling, 1982b PDF: 70; Allred, 1982: 489; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g PDF: 73; Bolton, 1995b: 275; Mackay & Mackay, 2002 PDF: 400; Ward, 2005 PDF: 65.
