• Combination in Proceratium: Mayr, 1886d: 438.
• Combination in Sysphingta: Emery, 1895d: 263.
• Combination in Proceratium: Brown, 1958g: 248.
• Status as species: Mayr, 1863a: 449; Mayr, 1886d: 438; Cresson, 1887: 258; Dalla Torre, 1893: 18; Emery, 1895d: 263; Wheeler, 1904f: 300; Wheeler, 1905j: 375; Wheeler, 1910a: 561; Creighton, 1950a: 42; Smith, 1951c: 784; Brown, 1958g: 248, 333; Smith, 1967a: 347; Baroni Urbani, 1971c: 12; Baroni Urbani, 1977d: 91; Arnol'di & Dlussky, 1978: 524 (in key); Collingwood, 1978: 74 (in key); Smith, 1979: 1338; Schembri & Collingwood, 1981: 419; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a: 53; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b: 264 (in key); Kugler, 1988: 256; Atanassov & Dlussky, 1992: 64; Bolton, 1995b: 366; Poldi et al., 1995: 2; Schembri & Collingwood, 1995: 156; Gallé et al., 1998: 214; Baroni Urbani & de Andrade, 2003a: 251 (redescription); Csősz, 2003: 151; Bračko, 2006: 134; Markó et al., 2006: 69; Petrov, 2006: 83 (in key); Bračko, 2007: 17; Werner & Wiezik, 2007: 139; Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009: 498; Vonshak & Ionescu-Hirsch, 2010: 46; Lapeva-Gjonova et al., 2010: 6; Csősz et al., 2011: 56; Karaman, 2011b: 15; Legakis, 2011: 4; Borowiec & Salata, 2012: 531; Kiran & Karaman, 2012: 29; Borowiec, 2014: 149; Bračko et al., 2014: 13; Lebas et al., 2016: 408; Radchenko, 2016: 75; Steiner, et al. 2017: 16; Salata & Borowiec, 2018c: 22; Seifert, 2018: 151; Borowiec & Salata, 2022: 18 (redescription); Bračko, 2023: 51.
• Senior synonym of Proceratium europaea: Brown, 1958g: 248, 334; Baroni Urbani, 1977d: 91; Smith, 1979: 1338; Bolton, 1995b: 366; Gallé et al., 1998: 214; Baroni Urbani & de Andrade, 2003a: 251; Csősz, 2003: 152; Werner & Wiezik, 2007: 139; Karaman, 2011b: 15; Legakis, 2011: 4; Radchenko, 2016: 75; Salata & Borowiec, 2018c: 22; Borowiec & Salata, 2022: 18.
• Senior synonym of Proceratium fialai: Brown, 1958g: 248, 334; Smith, 1979: 1338; Bolton, 1995b: 366; Gallé et al., 1998: 214; Baroni Urbani & de Andrade, 2003a: 251; Csősz, 2003: 152; Werner & Wiezik, 2007: 139; Csősz et al., 2011: 56; Radchenko, 2016: 75; Borowiec & Salata, 2022: 18.
• Senior synonym of Proceratium rossica: Brown, 1958g: 248, 334; Arnol'di & Dlussky, 1978: 524 (in key) ; Smith, 1979: 1338; Bolton, 1995b: 366; Baroni Urbani & de Andrade, 2003a: 251; Radchenko, 2016: 75; Borowiec & Salata, 2022: 18.

Junior synonyms

• Proceratium europaea (Forel, 1886)
  Obsolete combination(s): Sysphingta europaea
• Proceratium fialai (Kratochvíl et al., 1944)
  Obsolete combination(s): Sysphincta fialai
• Proceratium rossica (Arnol'di, 1930)
  Obsolete combination(s): Proceratium europaea rossica, Sysphingta europaea rossica

Obsolete combinations

• Ponera melina

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