• Acanthomyops in Formicinae: Mayr, 1862: 652 (in key) [Formicidae]; Mayr, 1865: 8 [Formicidae].
• Acanthomyops in Camponotinae, Formicini: Wheeler, 1910a: 143; Forel, 1917: 249.
• Acanthomyops in Formicinae, Formicini: Wheeler, 1922: 698; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1970b: 651; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1976b: 101; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1985b: 258; Jaffe, 1993: 14.
• Acanthomyops in Formicinae, Acanthomyopsini: Donisthorpe, 1943g: 618.
• Acanthomyops in Formicini + Lasiini: Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 18.
• Acanthomyops in Lasius genus group: Agosti, 1991: 296.
• Acanthomyops in Lasiini: Ashmead, 1905c: 384; Emery, 1925d: 236; Bolton, 1995b: 18; Bolton, 2003: 22, 94.
• Acanthomyops as subgenus of Formicina: Emery, 1916b: 11; Wheeler, 1916o: 171; Forel, 1917: 249.
• Acanthomyops as genus: Mayr, 1863a: 394; Roger, 1863b: 11; Mayr, 1865: 8; Forel, 1916: 460; Donisthorpe, 1927c: 209; Donisthorpe, 1943g: 618; Creighton, 1950a: 426; Smith, 1958c: 150; Wing, 1968a: 47; Smith, 1979: 1435; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 18; Bolton, 1994: 50; Bolton, 1995b: 18; Bolton, 2003: 22, 94.
• Acanthomyops as subgenus of Lasius: Emery, 1893k: 642; Wheeler, 1910a: 143; Wheeler, 1916o: 171; Wheeler, 1922: 698; Emery, 1925d: 236; Buren, 1950: 188; Smith, 1951c: 852; Gregg, 1963: 453; Ward, 2005: 13.
• Acanthomyops as junior synonym of Lasius: Mayr, 1866b: 888; Dalla Torre, 1893: 181; Boudinot et al., 2022: 135.
• [Acanthomyrmex: incorrect subsequent spelling by Ashmead, 1905c: 384 (in error for Acanthomyops).]
• Acanthomyops references: included under Lasius.

Obsolete classifications

• Lasius (Acanthomyops)

Citations

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