• Dorylidae as family: Haliday, 1836: 331 [Dorylidae]; Swainson & Shuckard, 1840: 175 [Dorylidae]; Shuckard, 1840a: 188 [Dorylidae]; Smith, 1859c: 1 [Dorylidae]; Mayr, 1866b: 895 [Dorylidae]; Smith, 1871a: 225 [Dorylidae]; Taschenberg, 1880: 262, 701 [Dorylidae]; André, 1882b: 125, 245 [Dorylidae]; Cresson, 1887: 93 [Dorylidae]; Emery, 1894h: 381 [Dorylidae]; Ashmead, 1905c: 381 [Dorylidae]; Ashmead, 1906: 21 [Dorylidae]; Bernard, 1951c: 1046 [Dorylidae]; Bernard, 1953b: 217 [Dorylidae].
• Dorylinae as subfamily of Dorylidae: Ashmead, 1905c: 381; Ashmead, 1906: 25.
• Dorylinae as subfamily of Formicidae: Westwood, 1842: 74 (in text) [Dorylides, “as a section of the Formicidae”]; Mayr, 1865: 16 [Dorylidae]; Dours, 1873: 167 [Dorylidae]; Emery, 1875b: 468 [Dorylidei]; Emery, 1877b: 71 [Dorylidae]; Forel, 1878c: 365 [Dorylidae]; Emery & Forel, 1879: 465 [Dorylidae]; André, 1881c: 64 [Dorylidae]; Emery, 1887f: 448 [Dorylidae]; Forel, 1890b: lxviii [Dorylides]; Forel, 1892k: 220 [Dorylidae]; Forel, 1893b: 163 [Dorylinae]; Dalla Torre, 1893: 1 [Dorylinae]; Forel, 1895b: 118 [Dorylidae]; Emery, 1895d: 258 [Dorylini]; Emery, 1895l: 764 [Dorylini. Note: p. 764 (footnote) Emery, 1895l writes, “Ich schreibe ‘Dorylini’ und nicht ‘Dorylinae’, um eine männliche Endung anzuwenden”]; Emery, 1896e: 174 [Dorylinae]; Mayr, 1897: 420 [Dorylini]; Forel, 1899b: 22; Sharp, 1899: 174 [Dorylides]; Forel, 1901a: 462 [Dorylinae]; Forel, 1901d: 139; Emery, 1901b: 36; Bingham, 1903: 1 [Dorylinae]; Forel, 1908a: 64 [Dorylidae]; Emery, 1910b: 3 [Dorylinae]; Santschi, 1910e: 648 [Dorylines]; Wheeler, 1910a: 137 [Dorylinae]; Santschi, 1913h: 35 [Dorylinae]; Santschi, 1914b: 58 [Dorylinae]; Arnold, 1915: 110; Emery, 1916a: 94 [Dorylinae]; Escherich, 1917: 2 [Dorylini]; Forel, 1917: 239 [Dorylinae]; Bondroit, 1918: 14 [Dorylitae]; Wheeler, 1920: 53 [Dorylinae]; Wheeler, 1922: 39, 632 [Dorylinae]; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 9; Clark, 1951: 16; Brown, 1954e: 28; Borgmeier, 1955: 51; Kempf, 1972b: 265; Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988: 79; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 11; Bolton, 1990c: 1358; Bolton, 1995b: 10; Bolton, 2003: 36, 147; Brady & Ward, 2005: 593; Brady et al., 2006: 18173; Moreau et al., 2006: 102; Ward, 2007c: 555; Brady et al., 2014: 5; Boudinot, 2015: 48; Borowiec, 2016: 14.
• Dorylinae as senior synonym of Acanthostichinae: Brady et al., 2014: 5; Borowiec, 2016: 14..
• Dorylinae as senior synonym of Aenictinae: Brady et al., 2014: 5; Borowiec, 2016: 14.
• Dorylinae as senior synonym of Aenictogitoninae: Brady et al., 2014: 5; Borowiec, 2016: 14.
• Dorylinae as senior synonym of Cerapachyinae: Brady et al., 2014: 5; Borowiec, 2016: 14.
• Dorylinae as senior synonym of Cheliomyrmecinae: Brady et al., 2014: 5; Borowiec, 2016: 14.
• Dorylinae as senior synonym of Cylindromyrmecinae: Brady et al., 2014: 5; Borowiec, 2016: 14.
• Dorylinae as senior synonym of Ecitoninae: Brady et al., 2014: 5; Borowiec, 2016: 14.
• Dorylinae as senior synonym of Eusphinctinae: Brady et al., 2014: 5; Borowiec, 2016: 14.
• Dorylinae as senior synonym of Leptanilloidinae: Brady et al., 2014: 5; Borowiec, 2016: 14.
• Dorylinae as senior synonym of Lioponerinae: Brady et al., 2014: 5; Borowiec, 2016: 14.
• [Dorilinae: incorrect subsequent spelling by Santschi, 1937a: 49.]

Junior synonyms

• Acanthostichinae Emery, 1901
  Obsolete classification(s): Acanthostichini
• Aenictinae Emery, 1901
  Obsolete classification(s): Aenictini
• Aenictogitoninae Ashmead, 1905
  Obsolete classification(s): Aenictogitonini
• Cerapachyinae Forel, 1893
  Obsolete classification(s): Cerapachyini
• Cheliomyrmecinae Wheeler, 1921
  Obsolete classification(s): Cheliomyrmecini
• Cylindromyrmecinae Emery, 1901
  Obsolete classification(s): Cylindromyrmecini
• Ecitoninae Forel, 1893
  Obsolete classification(s): Ecitonini
• Eusphinctinae Clark, 1951
• Leptanilloidinae Baroni Urbani et al., 1992
• Lioponerinae Ashmead, 1905
  Obsolete classification(s): Lioponerini

Obsolete classifications

• Dorylini

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