• †Rhopalomyrmex in Formicinae: Mayr, 1868c: 41 [Formicidae].
• †Rhopalomyrmex in Camponotinae: Forel, 1878c: 376 [Camponotidae]; Dalla Torre, 1893: 175 [Camponotinae].
• †Rhopalomyrmex in Camponotinae, Myrmelachistini: Forel, 1912j: 89.
• †Rhopalomyrmex in Camponotinae, Plagiolepidini: Wheeler, 1910a: 143; Wheeler, 1915i: 103.
• †Rhopalomyrmex in Formicinae, Plagiolepidini: Donisthorpe, 1943h: 724; Bolton, 1994: 51; Bolton, 1995b: 45.
• †Rhopalomyrmex as genus: Forel, 1878c: 376; Dalla Torre, 1893: 175; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 18; Bolton, 1995b: 45.
• †Rhopalomyrmex as junior synonym of Plagiolepis: Dlussky, 1997a: 624; Bolton, 2003: 105.

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