• [Junior homonym of Acantholepis Kroyer, 1846: 98 (Pisces).]
• Acantholepis Mayr, 1861 in Formicinae: Mayr, 1861: 42 [Formicinae]; Mayr, 1862: 652 [Formicidae]; Mayr, 1865: 9 [Formicidae].
• Acantholepis Mayr, 1861 in Camponotinae: Emery & Forel, 1879: 453 [Camponotinae]; Dalla Torre, 1893: 171 [Camponotinae]; Emery, 1896e: 188 [Camponotinae].
• Acantholepis Mayr, 1861 in Camponotinae, Plagiolepidini: Forel, 1886h: 212; Forel, 1893b: 165; Emery, 1895l: 771; Wheeler, 1910a: 143; Forel, 1912j: 88; Emery, 1916a: 220; Forel, 1917: 249; Arnold, 1920a: 554.
• Acantholepis Mayr, 1861 in Formicinae, Plagiolepidini: Ashmead, 1905c: 384; Wheeler, 1922: 696; Emery, 1925d: 23; Santschi, 1926a: 15; all subsequent authors except the following.
• Acantholepis Mayr, 1861 in Formicinae, Pseudolasius genus group: Agosti, 1991: 296.
• Acantholepis Mayr, 1861 in Formicinae, Plagiolepidini: Ashmead, 1905c: 384; Wheeler, 1922: 696; Emery, 1925d: 23; Santschi, 1926a: 15; subsequent authors; Bolton, 1973a: 363; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 18.
• Acantholepis Mayr, 1861 as genus: Mayr, 1862: 652; Mayr, 1863a: 394; Roger, 1863b: 11; Mayr, 1865: 9; Forel, 1878c: 378; Dalla Torre, 1893: 171; Emery, 1896e: 188; Ashmead, 1905c: 384; Emery, 1916a: 219; Emery, 1925d: 23; subsequent authors; Bolton, 1973a: 363; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 18; Tang et al., 1995: 95.
• Replacement name: Lepisiota Santschi, 1926a
• [Pseudacantholepis [as Acantholepis (Pseudacantholepis)]. Unavailable name (proposed without designation of type-species); included taxa referable to Lepisiota (Bolton, 1995b: 44).]
• [Achantilepis: incorrect subsequent spelling by Santschi, 1935b: 274.]

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