• Heteromyrmex Wheeler, 1920 in Myrmicinae, Solenopsidini: Wheeler, 1922: 662; Donisthorpe, 1943g: 650.
• Heteromyrmex Wheeler, 1920 as genus: Wheeler, 1922: 675 (in key); Donisthorpe, 1943g: 650.
• Heteromyrmex Wheeler, 1920 as junior synonym of Vollenhovia: Ettershank, 1966: 146; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 16; Ogata, 1991b: 114; Bolton, 1995b: 31; Tang et al., 1995: 63; Bolton, 2003: 206.

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