• Octostruma in Myrmicinae, Dacetini: Forel, 1917: 246; Wheeler, 1922: 667; Emery, 1924f: 328; Donisthorpe, 1943g: 676; Brown, 1948e: 102; Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 1994: 31.
• Octostruma in Myrmicinae, Basicerotini: Brown, 1949h: 92; Kempf, 1972b: 169; Brandão, 1991: 362; Bolton, 1994: 105; Bolton, 1995b: 40; Bolton, 1998a: 67; Bolton, 2003: 54, 184.
• Octostruma in Myrmicinae, Attini: Ward et al., 2015: 77.
• Octostruma as subgenus of Rhopalothrix: Forel, 1917: 246; Wheeler, 1922: 667; Emery, 1924f: 328; Donisthorpe, 1943g: 676.
• Octostruma as junior synonym of Basiceros: Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2007: 88.
• [Note: the synonymy of all basicerotine genera (Eurhopalothrix, Octostruma, Protalaridris, Rhopalothrix, Talaridris, together with their junior synonyms) under Basiceros, by Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2007: 88, is incorrect procedure as Rhopalothrix has priority over Basiceros. The genus-rank taxonomy documented in Bolton, 2003: 183-185, is retained here.]
• Octostruma as genus: Brown, 1948e: 102; Brown, 1949h: 92; Brown & Kempf, 1960: 181; Kempf, 1972b: 169; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 14; Brandão, 1991: 362; Bolton, 1995b: 40; Bolton, 2003: 54, 184; Longino, 2013b: 9.

Obsolete classifications

• Rhopalothrix (Octostruma)

Citations

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