• Spelaeomyrmex in Myrmicinae, Pheidologetini: Wheeler, 1922e: 11; Donisthorpe, 1944b: 59.
• Spelaeomyrmex in Myrmicinae, Solenopsidini: Donisthorpe, 1943h: 727; Donisthorpe, 1944b: 59; Kusnezov, 1964: 61.
• Spelaeomyrmex as genus: Donisthorpe, 1943h: 727; Kusnezov, 1964: 61.
• Spelaeomyrmex as junior synonym of Erebomyrma: Wilson, 1962a: 63.
• Spelaeomyrmex as junior synonym of Oligomyrmex: Kempf, 1972b: 172; Bolton, 1973a: 353; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 14; Ogata, 1991b: 111; Bolton, 1994: 106; Bolton, 1995b: 46; Tang et al., 1995: 74; Bolton, 2003: 215.
• Spelaeomyrmex as junior synonym of Carebara: Fernández, 2004a: 194.

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