• Afroxyidris in Myrmicinae, Pheidologetini: Belshaw & Bolton, 1994a: 632 [Pheidologetonini]; Bolton, 1994: 106 [Pheidologetonini]; Bolton, 1995b: 19 [Pheidologetonini].
• Afroxyidris in Myrmicinae, Solenopsidini: Bolton, 2003: 61, 208.
• Afroxyidris as genus: Bolton, 1994: 106; Bolton, 1995b: 19; Bolton, 2003: 61, 208.
• Afroxyidris as junior synonym of Carebara: Fernández, 2004a: 194.

Citations

• Belshaw, R.; Bolton, B. 1994a. A new myrmicine ant genus from cocoa leaf litter in Ghana (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Natural History 28:631-634. PDF
• Bolton, B. 1994. Identification guide to the ant genera of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 222 pp.
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and classification of Formicidae. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 71:1-370. PDF
• Fernández, F. 2004a. The American species of the myrmicine ant genus Carebara Westwood (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Caldasia 26:191-238. PDF