• Mesoxena in Ponerinae: Smith, 1860b: 106 [Poneridae]; Smith, 1871a: 324 [Poneridae]; Dalla Torre, 1893: 27 [Ponerinae].
• Mesoxena in Formicinae: Mayr, 1865: 10 (footnote) [Formicidae].
• Mesoxena in Formicinae, Plagiolepidini: Ashmead, 1905c: 384.
• Mesoxena in Formicinae, Camponotini: Forel, 1878c: 369 [Camponotidae]; Emery, 1911d: 219; Emery, 1925d: 212; subsequent authors.
• Mesoxena as genus: Mayr, 1863a: 428; Roger, 1863b: 21; Mayr, 1865: 10; Forel, 1878c: 369; Dalla Torre, 1893: 27; Ashmead, 1905c: 384; Emery, 1911d: 219; subsequent authors.
• Mesoxena as junior synonym of Echinopla: Brown, 1973b: 182 [provisional]; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 19; Bolton, 1994: 50; Bolton, 1995b: 35; Bolton, 2003: 121.

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