• Mycetophylax in Myrmicinae, Attini: Emery, 1913c: 251; Emery, 1924f: 343; subsequent authors; Bolton, 1995b: 36; Bolton, 2003: 57, 199; Ward et al., 2015: 77.
• Mycetophylax as subgenus of Cyphomyrmex: Emery, 1913c: 251; Forel, 1917: 247; Emery, 1924f: 343; Donisthorpe, 1943g: 663.
• Mycetophylax as subgenus of Myrmicocrypta: Gallardo, 1916e: 320.
• Mycetophylax as genus: Santschi, 1923c: 268; Weber, 1958e: 262; Kusnezov, 1964: 63; Kempf, 1972b: 145; subsequent authors; Bolton, 1995b: 36; Bolton, 2003: 57, 199.

Obsolete classifications

• Cyphomyrmex (Mycetophylax)
• Myrmicocrypta (Mycetophylax)

Citations

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