Dalla Torre, 1893: 135; Emery, 1924f: 293; Ettershank, 1966: 109 (Brownidris); Kempf, 1972b: 41, 168 (Brownidris, Ochetomyrmex); Brandão, 1991: 361; Bolton, 1995b: 293.
Emery, 1924f: 293 (diagnosis); Kusnezov, 1962b: 157 (Brownidris species key); Ettershank, 1966: 109 (Brownidris diagnosis, review of genus); Kempf, 1975c: 355 (Ochetomyrmex review of genus); Bolton, 1987: 266 (notes); Bolton, 1995a: 1051 (census); Fernández, 2003h: 638 (all species revision, key); Baccaro et al., 2015: 246 (genus in Brazil); Meurer et al., 2015: 266 (distribution); Cantone, 2017: 221 (brief male diagnosis); Fernández & Serna, 2019: 864 (Colombia species key).
Extant: 2 valid species (4 synonyms, 1 unavailable, 1 obsolete combination), 0 valid subspecies (1 obsolete combination)