• Labidus in Mutillidae: Latreille, 1809: 123 [Mutillariae]; Latreille, 1810: 313 [Mutillariae].
• Labidus unplaced to tribe: Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, 1835: 229.
• Labidus as subgenus of Mutilla: Blanchard, 1846: pl. 118, fig. 2.
• Labidus in Dorylidae: Leach, 1815: 147 [Dorylida]; Haliday, 1836: 331; Shuckard, 1840a: 196; Smith, 1859c: 1; Cresson, 1887: 259.
• Labidus in Dorylinae: Mayr, 1865: 16 [Dorylidae]; Forel, 1878c: 365 (footnote) [Dorylidae].
• Labidus in Dorylinae, Ecitonini: Emery, 1910b: 21 [Ecitini]; Forel, 1917: 240; Donisthorpe, 1943g: 654; Borgmeier, 1955: 79; Kempf, 1972b: 126; Smith, 1979: 1327; Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988: 79.
• Labidus in Ecitoninae: Brown, 1973b: 166; Snelling, 1981: 392.
• Labidus in Ecitoninae, Ecitonini: Bolton, 1990c: 1357; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 12; Brandão, 1991: 348; Jaffe, 1993: 13; Bolton, 1994: 39; Bolton, 1995b: 32; Bolton, 2003: 35, 144.
• Labidus in Dorylinae: Brady et al., 2014: 4 (in figure); Borowiec, 2016: 144.
• Labidus as junior synonym of Eciton: Dalla Torre, 1893: 1; Forel, 1899b: 22.
• Labidus as subgenus of Eciton: Emery, 1910b: 21; Santschi, 1913h: 35; Forel, 1917: 240; Luederwaldt, 1918: 37; Gallardo, 1920: 312; Wheeler, 1922: 635; Borgmeier, 1923: 41; Donisthorpe, 1943g: 654; Smith, 1947f: 525; Creighton, 1950a: 61; Smith, 1951c: 779; Kusnezov, 1956a: 9.
• Labidus as genus: Jurine, 1807: 282; Latreille, 1809: 123; Latreille, 1810: 313; Leach, 1815: 147; Latreille, 1817f: 141; Shuckard, 1840a: 196; Mayr, 1863a: 424; Roger, 1863b: 41; Mayr, 1865: 16; Borgmeier, 1953: 4; Borgmeier, 1955: 80; Smith, 1958c: 108; subsequent authors; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 12; Bolton, 1995b: 32; Bolton, 2003: 35, 144; Borowiec, 2016: 144.
• Labidus as senior synonym of Nycteresia: Emery, 1910b: 21; Donisthorpe, 1943g: 675; Borgmeier, 1955: 80; Kempf, 1972b: 126; Smith, 1979: 1328; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 12; Bolton, 1995b: 32; Bolton, 2003: 144; Borowiec, 2016: 144.
• Labidus as senior synonym of Pseudodichthadia: Emery, 1910b: 21; Donisthorpe, 1943h: 772; Borgmeier, 1955: 80; Kempf, 1972b: 126; Smith, 1979: 1328; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 12; Bolton, 1995b: 32; Bolton, 2003: 144; Borowiec, 2016: 144.

Junior synonyms

• Nycteresia Roger, 1861
• Pseudodichthadia André, 1885

Obsolete classifications

• Eciton (Labidus)

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