• Anoplolepis in Camponotinae, Plagiolepidini: Forel, 1917: 249; Arnold, 1922: 593.
• Anoplolepis in Formicinae, Plagiolepidini: Wheeler, 1922: 696; Emery, 1925d: 16; Santschi, 1926a: 13; Ward et al., 2016: 348.
• Anoplolepis in Formicinae [part in Oecophylla genus group, part in Pseudolasius genus group]: Agosti, 1991: 295, 296.
• Anoplolepis in Formicinae, Lasiini: Bolton, 2003: 22, 95.
• Anoplolepis as subgenus of Plagiolepis: Santschi, 1914b: 123; Forel, 1917: 249; Arnold, 1922: 593; Wheeler, 1922: 696.
• Anoplolepis as genus: Emery, 1925d: 16; Santschi, 1926a: 13; all subsequent authors.

Junior synonyms

• Zealleyella Arnold, 1922
  Obsolete classification(s): Anoplolepis (Zealleyella), Plagiolepis (Zealleyella)

Obsolete classifications

• Anoplolepis (Anoplolepis)
• Plagiolepis (Anoplolepis)

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