• Oligomyrmex in Myrmicinae: Mayr, 1867a: 110 [Myrmicidae]; Dalla Torre, 1893: 74 [Myrmicinae].
• Oligomyrmex in Myrmicinae, Stenammini: Ashmead, 1905c: 383.
• Oligomyrmex in Myrmicinae, Pheidologeton genus group: Ettershank, 1966: 81; Bolton, 1987: 265.
• Oligomyrmex in Myrmicinae, Pheidologetini: Emery, 1913d: 586 (footnote); Emery, 1914e: 41; Forel, 1917: 243; Emery, 1924f: 215 [subtribe Pheidologetini]; Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988: 80; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 16; Brandão, 1991: 364; Bolton, 1994: 106 [Pheidologetonini]; Bolton, 1995b: 40.
• Oligomyrmex in Myrmicinae, Solenopsidini: Forel, 1893b: 164; Emery, 1895l: 770; Wheeler, 1910a: 140; Santschi, 1914b: 81; Wheeler, 1922: 663; Kempf, 1972b: 172; Smith, 1979: 1389; Jaffe, 1993: 10; Bolton, 2003: 61, 214.
• Oligomyrmex as genus: Dalla Torre, 1893: 74; Forel, 1893b: 164; Emery, 1895l: 770; Ashmead, 1905c: 383; Wheeler, 1910a: 140; Emery, 1913d: 586 (footnote); Emery, 1914e: 41; Forel, 1917: 243; Wheeler, 1922: 663; Emery, 1924f: 215; Donisthorpe, 1943g: 677; Ettershank, 1966: 81; Kempf, 1972b: 172; Bolton, 1973a: 352; Smith, 1979: 1389; Bolton, 1987: 265; Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988: 80; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 14; Brandão, 1991: 364; Ogata, 1991b: 110; Jaffe, 1993: 10; Bolton, 1994: 106; Bolton, 1995b: 40; Tang et al., 1995: 74; Dlussky, 1997a: 60; Bolton, 2003: 61, 214; Eguchi et al., 2011: 22 (error).
• Oligomyrmex as junior synonym of Carebara: Fernández, 2004a: 194.

Obsolete classifications

• Oligomyrmex (Oligomyrmex)

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