• Lectotype designation: Kempf, 1964d: 30.
• [Unjustified emendation of spelling to olitrix: Forel, 1911e: 295; Luederwaldt, 1918: 39.]
• Wheeler, 1949: 670 (l.)
• Combination in Atta (Cyphomyrmex): Forel, 1911e: 295
• Combination in Cyphomyrmex: Luederwaldt, 1918: 39
• Combination in Mycetophylax: Sosa-Calvo et al., 2017: 9
• Status as species: Forel, 1895b: 137; Forel, 1911e: 295; Luederwaldt, 1918: 39; Emery, 1924f: 341; Borgmeier, 1927c: 126; Weber, 1940b: 410 (in key); Kusnezov, 1949d: 439; Kusnezov, 1957e: 9 (in key); Kempf, 1964d: 30 (redescription); Weber, 1966a: 168; Kempf, 1972b: 93; Bolton, 1995b: 168; Wild, 2007b: 33; Sosa-Calvo et al., 2017: 9.
• Senior synonym of Mycetophylax quebradae: Kempf, 1964d: 30; Kempf, 1972b: 93; Bolton, 1995b: 168.

Junior synonyms

• Mycetophylax quebradae (Kusnezov, 1949)
  Obsolete combination(s): Cyphomyrmex quebradae

Obsolete combinations

• Cyphomyrmex olitor

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
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• Emery, C. 1924f ("1922"). Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [concl.]. Genera Insectorum 174C:207-397. PDF
• Forel, A. 1893h. Note sur les Attini. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 37:586-607. PDF
• Forel, A. 1895b. A fauna das formigas do Brazil. Boletim do Museu Paraense de Historia Natural e Ethnographia 1:89-139. PDF
• Forel, A. 1911e. Ameisen des Herrn Prof. v. Ihering aus Brasilien (Sao Paulo usw.) nebst einigen anderen aus Südamerika und Afrika (Hym.). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1911:285-312. PDF
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• Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
• Kusnezov, N. 1949d. El género Cyphomyrmex (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) en la Argentina. Acta Zoologica Lilloana 8:427-456. PDF
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• Sosa-Calvo, J.; Ješovnik, A.; Vasconcelos, H. L.; Bacci, M., Jr.; Schultz, T. R. 2017. Rediscovery of the enigmatic fungus-farming ant "Mycetosoritis" asper Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): Implications for taxonomy, phylogeny, and the evolution of agriculture in ants. PLoS ONE 12 (5):29 pp. e0176498. 10.1371/journal.pone.0176498 PDF
• Weber, N. A. 1940b. The biology of the fungus-growing ants. Part VI. Key to Cyphomyrmex, new Attini and a new guest ant. Revista de Entomologia (Rio de Janeiro) 11:406-427. PDF
• Weber, N. A. 1966a. The subgenus Cyphomannia Weber 1938 of Cyphomyrmex Mayr 1862, reinstated, and systematic notes (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Entomological News 77:166-168. PDF
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• Wild, A. L. 2007b. A catalogue of the ants of Paraguay (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 1622:1-55. PDF