• †Protoformica in Formicinae, Formicini: Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988: 77; Bolton, 1994: 50; Bolton, 1995b: 44; Ward et al., 2016: 346.
• †Protoformica as genus: Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988: 77; Bolton, 1994: 50; Bolton, 1995b: 44; Bolton, 2003: 28, 130; Ward et al., 2016: 346.

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