Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2010)
simulans. Alfaria simulans Emery, 1896e: 177 (footnote) (w.) COSTA RICA. Emery, 1896g: 42 (q.m., species also described as new here). Combination in Gnamptogenys: Brown, 1958g: 229 (see also p. 316).