• [Acanthomyrmex also described as new by Emery, 1893h: 244.]
• Acanthomyrmex in Myrmicinae: Emery, 1896e: 183.
• Acanthomyrmex in Myrmicinae, Myrmicini: Emery, 1895l: 769; Ashmead, 1905c: 383; Wheeler, 1910a: 139.
• Acanthomyrmex in Myrmicinae, Pheidolini: Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 16 (error).
• Acanthomyrmex in Myrmicinae, Myrmecinini: Emery, 1912b: 105; Emery, 1914e: 41; Forel, 1917: 244; Wheeler, 1922: 663; Emery, 1924f: 234 [subtribe Myrmecinini]; Bolton, 1995b: 18; Bolton, 2003: 71, 255.
• Acanthomyrmex in Myrmicinae, Crematogastrini: Ward et al., 2015: 77.
• Acanthomyrmex in Crematogastrini, Myrmecina genus group: Blaimer et al., 2018: 7.
• Acanthomyrmex as genus: all authors.
• [Acanthonyrmex: incorrect subsequent spelling by Ashmead, 1905c: 383.]

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