• Anoplolepis in Camponotinae, Plagiolepidini: Forel, 1917: 249; Arnold, 1922: 593.
• Anoplolepis in Formicinae: Agosti, 1991: 295, 296 [part in Oecophylla genus group, part in Pseudolasius genus group].
• Anoplolepis in Formicinae, Lasiini: Bolton, 2003: 22, 95, 267.
• Anoplolepis in Formicinae, Plagiolepidini: Wheeler, 1922: 696; Emery, 1925d: 16; Santschi, 1926a: 13; subsequent authors; Kempf, 1972b: 22; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 18; Bolton, 1995b: 20; Ward et al., 2016: 348.
• Anoplolepis as subgenus of Plagiolepis: Santschi, 1914b: 123; Forel, 1917: 249; Arnold, 1922: 593; Wheeler, 1922: 696, 931.
• Anoplolepis as genus: Emery, 1925d: 16; Santschi, 1926a: 13; subsequent authors; Bolton, 1995b: 20; Bolton, 2003: 23, 95, 267.
• Anoplolepis as senior synonym of Zealleyella: Bolton, 2003: 96, 267.

Junior synonyms

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

Obsolete classifications

• Anoplolepis (Anoplolepis)
• Plagiolepis (Anoplolepis)

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