• [Atopodon also described as new by Forel, 1913l: 100.]
• Atopodon in Camponotinae, Plagiolepidini: Forel, 1917: 249.
• Atopodon in Formicinae, Plagiolepidini: Wheeler, 1922: 695.
• Atopodon as subgenus of Rhizomyrma: Forel, 1917: 249.
• Atopodon as genus: Wheeler, 1922: 695.
• Atopodon as subgenus of Acropyga: Forel, 1912n: 771; Forel, 1913l: 100; Emery, 1925d: 30; subsequent authors; Bolton, 1994: 51; Bolton, 1995b: 21; Bolton, 2003: 95.
• Atopodon as junior synonym of Acropyga: Brown, 1973b: 178 [provisional]; Smith, 1979: 1423; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 18; LaPolla, 2004a: 16.

Obsolete classifications

• Acropyga (Atopodon)

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.
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• Forel, A. 1913l. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise nach Ostindien ausgeführt im Auftrage der Kgl. Preuss. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin von H. v. Buttel-Reepen. II. Ameisen aus Sumatra, Java, Malacca und Ceylon. Gesammelt von Herrn Prof. Dr. v. Buttel-Reepen in den Jahren 1911-1912. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 36:1-148. PDF
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• Hölldobler, B.; Wilson, E. O. 1990. The ants. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, xii + 732 pp.
• LaPolla, J. S. 2004a. Acropyga (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the world. Contributions of the American Entomological Institute 33(3):1-130. PDF
• Smith, D. R. 1979. Superfamily Formicoidea. Pp. 1323-1467 in: Krombein, K. V.; Hurd, P. D.; Smith, D. R.; Burks, B. D. (eds.) 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America north of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. i-xvi, 1199-2209.
• Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.