• Pseudomyrmicidae as family: Bernard, 1953b: 221 [Pseudomyrmicidae].
• Pseudomyrmecinae as subfamily of Formicidae: Clark, 1951: 16 (in key) [Pseudomyrminae]; Smith, 1952a: 98; Brown, 1954e: 23; Kempf, 1972b: 265; Smith, 1979: 1345; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 17; Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988: 78; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 12; Ward, 1990: 449; Bolton, 1995b: 15; subsequent authors; Bolton, 2003: 30, 134; Brady et al., 2006: 18173; Moreau et al., 2006: 102; Ward, 2007c: 556; Boudinot, 2015: 49; Perkovsky, 2016: 114.
• Pseudomyrmecinae as senior synonym of Leptaleinae: Smith, 1958c: 112; Bolton, 1995b: 12; Bolton, 2003: 134.
• Pseudomyrmecinae as senior synonym of Pseudomyrminae: Ward, 1990: 459; Bolton, 1995b: 15; Bolton, 2003: 134.
• [Note: Pseudomyrmecinae retains priority over Leptaleinae and Pseudomyrminae under Article 40.2 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (4th Edition), 1999: 46.]
• [Pseudomyrmicinae: incorrect subsequent spelling by Ramamonjisoa et al., 2024: 357.]

Junior synonyms

• Leptaleinae Smith, 1951
• Pseudomyrminae Forel, 1885
  Obsolete classification(s): Pseudomyrmidae

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