• Acropyga in Camponotinae: Forel, 1878c: 379 [Camponotidae]; Dalla Torre, 1893: 174 [Camponotinae]; Emery, 1896e: 188 [Camponotinae].
• Acropyga in Camponotinae, Plagiolepidini: Forel, 1886h: 212; Forel, 1893b: 165; Forel, 1893j: 347; Forel, 1895b: 107; Emery, 1895l: 771; Wheeler, 1910a: 143; Forel, 1912j: 88; Forel, 1917: 249.
• Acropyga incertae sedis in Formicinae: Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988: 77.
• Acropyga in Formicinae, Lasius genus group: Agosti, 1991: 296.
• Acropyga in Formicinae, Lasiini: Bolton, 2003: 22, 94.
• Acropyga in Formicinae, Plagiolepidini: Ashmead, 1905c: 384; Wheeler, 1922: 695; Emery, 1925d: 27; subsequent authors; Kempf, 1972b: 16; Bolton, 1973a: 363; Smith, 1979: 1423; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 18; Bolton, 1995b: 19; Ward et al., 2016: 348.
• Acropyga as junior synonym of Plagiolepis: Mayr, 1863a: 442.
• Acropyga as genus: Roger, 1862a: 242; Roger, 1863b: 11; Smith, 1871a: 319; Forel, 1878c: 379; Dalla Torre, 1893: 174; Emery, 1925d: 27; subsequent authors; Bolton, 1973a: 363; Bolton, 2003: 22, 94; LaPolla, 2004a: 16.
• Acropyga as senior synonym of Atopodon: LaPolla, 2004a: 16.
• Acropyga as senior synonym of Malacomyrma: LaPolla, 2004a: 16.
• Acropyga as senior synonym of Rhizomyrma: LaPolla, 2004a: 16.
• [Note: the former subgenera Atopodon, Malacomyrma, and Rhizomyrma, were listed as junior synonyms in Smith, 1979: 1423, and Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 18, without explanation. They reverted to subgeneric status in Bolton, 1994: 51, pending revision; formally synonymised by LaPolla, 2004a: 16.]
• [Acropiga: incorrect subsequent spelling by Santschi, 1926b: 245.]

Junior synonyms

• Atopodon Forel, 1912
  Obsolete classification(s): Acropyga (Atopodon)
• Malacomyrma Emery, 1922
  Obsolete classification(s): Acropyga (Malacomyrma)
• Rhizomyrma Forel, 1893
  Obsolete classification(s): Acropyga (Rhizomyrma)

Obsolete classifications

• Acropyga (Acropyga)

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