• Melophorus in Camponotinae: Dalla Torre, 1893: 175 [Camponotinae]; Emery, 1896e: 189 [Camponotinae].
• Melophorus in Camponotinae, Plagiolepidini: Forel, 1886h: 213; Forel, 1893b: 165; Emery, 1895l: 772; Wheeler, 1910a: 143.
• Melophorus in Formicinae, Lasiini: Ashmead, 1905c: 384.
• Melophorus in Camponotinae, Melophorini: Forel, 1912j: 88; Forel, 1917: 248.
• Melophorus in Formicinae, Formica genus group: Agosti, 1991: 295.
• Melophorus in Formicinae, Melophorini: Wheeler, 1922: 694; Emery, 1925d: 10; Wheeler, 1935c: 71; Brown, 1955d: 474; subsequent authors; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 17; Bolton, 1995b: 35; Bolton, 2003: 130; Ward et al., 2016: 347.
• Melophorus as genus: all authors.
• Melophorus: as senior synonym of Erimelophorus: Brown, 1955d: 474; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 17; Bolton, 1995b: 35; Bolton, 2003: 131; Heterick et al., 2017: 22.
• Melophorus: as senior synonym of Trichomelophorus: Brown, 1955d: 474; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 17; Bolton, 1995b: 35; Bolton, 2003: 131; Heterick et al., 2017: 22.

Junior synonyms

• Erimelophorus Wheeler, 1935
  Obsolete classification(s): Melophorus (Erimelophorus)
• Trichomelophorus Wheeler, 1935
  Obsolete classification(s): Melophorus (Trichomelophorus)

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