Taxonomic history
Subspecies of Anochetus mayri: Forel, 1895b PDF: 141; Emery, 1911e PDF: 110; Santschi, 1922e PDF: 243; Borgmeier, 1923: 76; Santschi, 1925e PDF: 155; Santschi, 1929d PDF: 278; Santschi, 1931f PDF: 274; Kempf, 1972b PDF: 21.Status as species: Brown, 1978c PDF: 558, 618; Brandão, 1991 PDF: 325; Bolton, 1995b: 65; Wild, 2007b PDF: 38; González-Campero & Elizalde, 2008 PDF: 98 (in key); Zabala, 2008 PDF: 133; Feitosa, 2015c: 98; Guénard & Economo, 2015 10.11646/zootaxa.4040.2.8: 228; Fernández & Guerrero, 2019 PDF: 516.Senior synonym of Anochetus australis: Brown, 1978c PDF: 558; Brandão, 1991 PDF: 325; Bolton, 1995b: 65.Material of the unavailable name Anochetus mayri neglectus nobilis referred here by Brown, 1978c PDF: 558; Brandão, 1991 PDF: 325; Bolton, 1995b: 65.Canindeyú , Central, Concepción , Itapúa , Pte. Hayes (ALWC, BMNH, INBP, LACM, MHNG).