• [Mycocepurus Forel, 1893b: 164. Nomen nudum.]
• [Mycocepurus also described as new by Forel, 1893j: 369.]
• Mycocepurus in Myrmicinae: Forel, 1893j: 369.
• Mycocepurus in Cryptoceridae, Dacetinae: Ashmead, 1905c: 384 [Dacetonini].
• Mycocepurus in Myrmicinae, Attini: Forel, 1893h: 602; Emery, 1895l: 770; Wheeler, 1910a: 141; Emery, 1913c: 251; Emery, 1914e: 42; Forel, 1917: 247; Wheeler, 1922: 669; Emery, 1924f: 334; subsequent authors; Bolton, 1995b: 36; Bolton, 2003: 57, 199; Ward et al., 2015: 77.
• Mycocepurus as subgenus of Atta: Forel, 1893h: 602; Forel, 1893j: 369; Forel, 1895b: 139; Wheeler, 1907d: 670; Wheeler, 1910a: 141.
• Mycocepurus as genus: Ashmead, 1905c: 384; Wheeler, 1911g: 167; Emery, 1913c: 251; Emery, 1914e: 42; Forel, 1917: 247; Luederwaldt, 1918: 39; Wheeler, 1922: 669; Emery, 1924f: 334; subsequent authors; Bolton, 1995b: 36; Bolton, 2003: 57, 199.
• Mycocepurus as senior synonym of Descolemyrma: Kempf, 1963b: 417; Kempf, 1972b: 146; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 14; Bolton, 1995b: 36; Bolton, 2003: 200.
• [Mycetopurus: incorrect subsequent spelling by Santschi, 1925b: 17. Perhaps a combination in error of Myceto(phylax) + (Mycoce)purus: Bolton, 1995b: 36.]
• [Myocepurus: incorrect subsequent spelling by Luederwaldt, 1918: 39.]

Junior synonyms

• Descolemyrma Kusnezov, 1951

Obsolete classifications

• Atta (Mycocepurus)

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