• Mycetarotes in Myrmicinae, Attini: Emery, 1913c: 251; Emery, 1924f: 342; subsequent authors; Bolton, 1995b: 36; Bolton, 2003: 57, 199; Ward et al., 2015: 77.
• Mycetarotes as subgenus of Cyphomyrmex: Emery, 1913c: 251; Forel, 1917: 247; Emery, 1924f: 342; Donisthorpe, 1943g: 663.
• Mycetarotes as genus: Borgmeier, 1950b: 384; Kempf, 1960d: 279; Kempf, 1972b: 144; subsequent authors; Bolton, 1995b: 36; Bolton, 2003: 57, 199.

Obsolete classifications

• Cyphomyrmex (Mycetarotes)

Citations

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