• Pilotrochus incertae sedis in Myrmicinae: Brown, 1978a: 218.
• Pilotrochus in Myrmicinae, Phalacromyrmex genus group: Bolton, 1984: 381.
• Pilotrochus incertae sedis in Formicidae: Wheeler & Wheeler, 1985b: 259.
• Pilotrochus in Myrmicinae, Dacetini: Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 1994: 31; Baroni Urbani & De Andrade, 2007: 100.
• Pilotrochus in Myrmicinae, Phalacromyrmecini: Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988: 80; Bolton, 1994: 106; Bolton, 1995b: 42; Bolton, 1998a: 67; Bolton, 2003: 55, 193.
• Pilotrochus in Myrmicinae, Attini: Ward et al., 2015: 77.
• Pilotrochus as genus: all authors.

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