• [Note. All Rhopalothrix taxa with combination in Basiceros, sensu Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2007: 90-93; taxonomy documented in Bolton, 2003 is retained here.].
• Rhopalothrix in Myrmicidae, Cryptoceridae: Emery, 1877b: 81.
• Rhopalothrix in Myrmicinae: Dalla Torre, 1893: 145.
• Rhopalothrix in Cryptoceridae, Dacetini: Ashmead, 1905c: 384.
• Rhopalothrix in Myrmicinae, Dacetini: Forel, 1892d: 344; Forel, 1893b: 164; Forel, 1895b: 133; Emery, 1895l: 770; Forel, 1899d: 41; Wheeler, 1910a: 141; Emery, 1914e: 42; Forel, 1917: 246; Wheeler, 1922: 666; Emery, 1924f: 328; Donisthorpe, 1943h: 724; Brown, 1948e: 102; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 105; Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 1994: 32; Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2007: 88 (as junior synonym of Basiceros).
• Rhopalothrix in Myrmicinae, Basicerotini: Brown, 1949f: 92; Brown & Kempf, 1960: 230; Taylor, 1990c: 397; Bolton, 1994: 105; Bolton, 1998a: 67; Fernández, 2003d: 314; Bolton, 2003: 185.
• Rhopalothrix in Myrmicinae, Attini: Ward et al., 2015: 17.

Junior synonyms

• Acanthidris Weber, 1941
• Heptastruma Weber, 1934

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