• Myrmecocystus in Formicidae: Smith, 1858a: 200.
• Myrmecocystus in Camponotinae: Forel, 1878c: 372 [Camponotidae]; Emery & Forel, 1879: 449 [Camponotidae]; Dalla Torre, 1893: 216 [Camponotinae]; Emery, 1896e: 189 [Camponotinae].
• Myrmecocystus in Camponotinae, Camponotini: Forel, 1886h: 201.
• Myrmecocystus in Camponotinae, Formicini: Forel, 1893b: 165; Emery, 1895l: 772; Forel, 1899h: 129; Wheeler, 1910a: 144; Forel, 1912j: 89; Forel, 1917: 250.
• Myrmecocystus in Formicinae, Formicini: Wheeler, 1922: 699; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 203; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1970b: 651; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1976b: 101; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1985b: 258; Jaffe, 1993: 14.
• Myrmecocystus in Formicinae, Acanthomyopsini: Donisthorpe, 1943g: 665.
• Myrmecocystus in Formicinae, Lasius genus group: Agosti, 1991: 296.
• Myrmecocystus in Formicinae, Formicini + Lasiini: Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 18.
• Myrmecocystus in Formicinae, Lasiini: Ashmead, 1905c: 384; Emery, 1925d: 238; subsequent authors; Smith, 1979: 1445; Bolton, 1994: 50; Bolton, 1995b: 36; Bolton, 2003: 22, 98; Ward et al., 2016: 347.
• Myrmecocystus as junior synonym of Cataglyphis: Mayr, 1863a: 402; Roger, 1863b: 12.
• [Note: Mayr, 1863a: 402, and Roger, 1863b: 12, give Cataglyphis as senior synonym, but Myrmecocystus has priority.]
• Myrmecocystus as genus: Smith, 1858a: 200; Forel, 1878c: 372; Dalla Torre, 1893: 216; Emery, 1896e: 189; subsequent authors; Snelling, 1976: 22; Bolton, 1995b: 36; Bolton, 2003: 22, 98.
• Myrmecocystus as senior synonym of Endiodioctes: Snelling, 1981: 403; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 18; Bolton, 1995b: 36; Bolton, 2003: 98.
• Myrmecocystus as senior synonym of Eremnocystus: Snelling, 1981: 403; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 18; Bolton, 1995b: 36; Bolton, 2003: 99.

Junior synonyms

• Endiodioctes Snelling, 1976
  Obsolete classification(s): Myrmecocystus (Endiodioctes)
• Eremnocystus Snelling, 1976
  Obsolete classification(s): Myrmecocystus (Eremnocystus)

Obsolete classifications

• Myrmecocystus (Myrmecocystus)

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