†Palaeosminthurinae Pierce & Gibron, 1962 junior synonym of current valid taxon Formicinae Latreille, 1802

• †Palaeosminthuridae as family of Collembola: Pierce & Gibron, 1962: 146.
• †Palaeosminthuridae incertae sedis in Formicidae: Najt, 1987: 152.
• †Palaeosminthurinae incertae sedis as subfamily of Formicidae: Bolton, 1994: 187 [†Palaeosminthurinae]; Bolton, 1995b: 14 [†Palaeosminthurinae]; Bolton, 2003: 76, 263 [†Palaeosminthurinae].
• †Palaeosminthurinae as junior synonym of Formicinae (incertae sedis in Formicinae): Boudinot, in Boudinot et al., 2024: 144 (by implication as †Palaeosminthurus transferred to Formicinae).
• [Paleosminthurinae: incorrect subsequent spelling by Bolton, 2003: 76, 263.]

Obsolete classifications

• †Palaeosminthuridae
• †Palaeosminthurini

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1994. Identification guide to the ant genera of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 222 pp.
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and classification of Formicidae. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 71:1-370. PDF
• Boudinot, B. E.; Bock, B. L.; Weingardt, M.; Tröger, D.; Batelka, J.; Li, D.; Richter, A.; Pohl, H.; Moosdorf, O. T. D.; Jandausch, K.; Hammel, J. U.; Beutel, R. G. 2024. Et latet et lucet: Discoveries from the Phyletisches Museum amber and copal collection in Jena, Germany. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 71 (1):111-176. [online early] 10.3897/dez.71.112433 PDF
• Najt, J. 1987. Le Collembole fossile Paleosminthurus juliae est un Hyménoptère. Revue Française d'Entomologie (Nouvelle Série) 9:152-154. PDF
• Pierce, W. D.; Gibron, S. J. 1962. Fossil arthropods of California. 24. Some unusual fossil arthropods from the Calico Mountains nodules. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 61:143-151. PDF