• Acanthostichini as tribe of Dorylinae: Emery, 1901b: 34 [Acanthostichii]; Emery, 1904a: 116 [Acanthostichii].
• Acanthostichini as subfamily of Dorylidae: Ashmead, 1905c: 382 [Acanthostichinae]; Ashmead, 1906: 28 [Acanthostichinae].
• Acanthostichini as tribe of Dorylinae: Emery, 1901b: 34 [Dorylinae, group Cerapachyinae, tribe Acanthostichii]; Emery, 1904a: 116 [Acanthostichii]; Smith, 1979: 1333 [Acanthostichini].
• Acanthostichini as tribe of Ponerinae: Emery, 1911e: 12; Forel, 1917: 239; Gallardo, 1918c: 6; Donisthorpe, 1943g: 619; Brown, 1975: 39; Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988: 79; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 10.
• Acanthostichini as subfamily of Dorylidae: Ashmead, 1905c: 382 [Acanthostichinae]; Ashmead, 1906: 28 [Acanthostichinae].
• Acanthostichini as tribe of Cerapachyinae: Wheeler, 1902e: 184; Wheeler, 1910a: 137 [subtribe of Cerapachysii]; Wheeler, 1922: 640; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1985b: 256; Bolton, 1990a: 67; Bolton, 1990c: 1357; Jaffe, 1993: 9; Bolton, 1994: 19; Bolton, 2003: 33, 137.
• Acanthostichini as tribe of Ponerinae: Emery, 1911e: 12 [Acanthostichini]; Forel, 1917: 239 [Acanthostichini]; Gallardo, 1918c: 6; Donisthorpe, 1943g: 619; Brown, 1975: 39; Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988: 79; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 10.
• Acanthostichini as junior synonym of Dorylinae: Brady et al., 2014: 5
• Acanthostichini as tribe of Cerapachyinae: Wheeler, 1902e: 184 [Acanthostichii]; Wheeler, 1910a: 137 [subtribe of Cerapachysii]; Wheeler, 1922: 640 [Acanthostichini]; Kempf, 1972b: 263; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1985b: 256; Bolton, 1990a: 67; Bolton, 1990c: 1357; Brandão, 1991: 390; Jaffe, 1993: 9; Bolton, 1994: 19; Bolton, 1995b: 8; Bolton, 2003: 33, 137.
• Acanthostichini as junior synonym of Dorylinae: Brady et al., 2014: 5; Borowiec, 2016: 14.

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