• [Ctenopyga Ashmead, 1905c: 382. Nomen nudum.]
• Ctenopyga in Dorylidae, Acanthostichinae: Ashmead, 1905c: 382; Ashmead, 1906: 29.
• Ctenopyga in Ponerinae, Acanthostichini: Emery, 1911e: 13; Brown, 1975: 42; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 10.
• Ctenopyga in Cerapachyinae, Acanthostichini: Bolton, 1990a: 67.
• Ctenopyga as subgenus of Acanthostichus: Emery, 1911e: 13; Forel, 1917: 239; Wheeler, 1922: 640; Donisthorpe, 1943g: 636; Smith, 1947f: 529; Creighton, 1950a: 58.
• Ctenopyga as genus: Ashmead, 1905c: 382; Ashmead, 1906: 29; Wheeler, 1918a: 220 (footnote); Brown, 1975: 42; Smith, 1979: 1333; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 10; Bolton, 1990a: 67; Bolton, 1990c: 1357.
• Ctenopyga as junior synonym of Acanthostichus: Brown, 1973b: 179 [provisional]; Snelling, 1981: 389; Bolton, 1994: 19; Bolton, 1995b: 25; MacKay, 1996: 132; Bolton, 2003: 138; Borowiec, 2016: 66.

Obsolete classifications

• Acanthostichus (Ctenopyga)

Citations

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• Forel, A. 1917. Cadre synoptique actuel de la faune universelle des fourmis. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 51:229-253. PDF
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• Snelling, R. R. 1981. Systematics of social Hymenoptera. Pp. 369-453 in: Hermann, H. R. (ed.) 1981. Social insects. Volume 2. New York: Academic Press, xiii + 491 pp.
• Wheeler, W. M. 1918a. The Australian ants of the ponerine tribe Cerapachyini. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 53:215-265. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.