Jones, D.L. & Clements, M.A. (1987), New orchid taxa from south-eastern Queensland. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 98: 124, fig. 2A-C [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Queensland, Anduramba, W. of Toogoolawah, D.L. Jones s.n., Aug. 1984 (BRI, holo; CBG, iso)."

Jones, D.L. (1988), Native Orchids of Australia: 150 [secondary reference]

Jones, D.L. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Chiloglottis. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 414-415 [secondary reference]

Clements, M.A. in Jones, D.L. (ed.) (August 1989), Catalogue of Australian Orchidaceae. Australian Orchid Research 1: 37 [secondary reference]

• Type: "... (holo BRI!, iso AMES! CBG! K! MO! NSW!)."

Jones, D.L. & Clements, M.A. (September 2005), Miscellaneous nomenclature notes and changes in Australian, New Guinea and New Zealand Orchidaceae. The Orchadian 15(1): 37 [basionym]

basionym of: Myrmechila truncata (D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate

Miller, J.T. & Clements, M.A. (30 June 2014), Molecular phylogenetic analyses of Drakaeinae: Diurideae (Orchidaceae) based on DNA sequences of the internal transcribed spacer region. Australian Systematic Botany 27(1): 19 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Myrmechila truncata (D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate

Bostock, P.D. & Holland, A.E. (3 October 2014), Appendix A. Name and status changes 2013 census to 2014 census. Census of the Queensland Flora: 26 [secondary reference]

misapplication: Chiloglottis formicifera Fitzg. legitimate

Backhouse, G.N., Bates, R.J., Brown, A.P. & Copeland, L.M. (1 March 2016), Checklist of the orchids of Australia including its island territories: 16, 84 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Myrmechila truncata (D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate misapplication: Chiloglottis formicifera Fitzg. legitimate by Bostock, P.D., Mathieson, M. & Field, A.R. in Bostock, P.D. & Holland, A.E. (ed.) (23 July 2013), Orchidaceae. Census of the Queensland Flora: -

• APC Dist.: Qld

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 275 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Myrmechila truncata (D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem. legitimate common name: Small Ant Orchid [n/a]

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