• [Note: all Mesostruma taxa with combination in Epopostruma, sensu Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2007: 90-93; taxonomy documented in Bolton, 1999, Bolton, 2000 is retained here.]
• Mesostruma in Myrmicinae, Dacetini, Epopostrumiti: Brown, 1954b: 465; Brown & Wilson, 1959b: 281.
• Mesostruma in Myrmicinae, Dacetini: Brown, 1948e: 118; Bolton, 1995b: 35; Bolton, 1999: 1680; Shattuck, 2000: 47; Bolton, 2003: 54, 187.
• Mesostruma in Myrmicinae, Attini: Ward et al., 2015: 77.
• Mesostruma as junior synonym of Colobostruma: Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 1994: 15; Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2007: 94.
• Mesostruma as genus: Brown, 1948e: 118; Brown, 1952j: 9; Taylor, 1973: 25; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 11; Bolton, 1995b: 35; Bolton, 1999: 1680; Shattuck, 2000: 47; Bolton, 2003: 54, 187; Heterick, 2009: 157.

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