• [Proatta also described as new by Forel, 1913l: 84.].
• Proatta in Myrmicinae, Proattini: Forel, 1917: 246; Wheeler, 1922: 668; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1985b: 257.
• Proatta in Myrmicinae, Attini: Emery, 1913c: 251; Emery, 1914e: 42; Emery, 1924f: 333 [subtribe Proattini]; Donisthorpe, 1943g: 686; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 83.
• Proatta in Myrmicinae, Pheidolini: Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988: 80; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 16.
• Proatta in Myrmicinae, Stenammini: Bolton, 1994: 106; Bolton, 1995a: 1052; Bolton, 1995b: 366.
• Proatta in Myrmicinae, Crematogastrini: Ward et al., 2015: 17.

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