• Octella as subgenus of Oligomyrmex: Forel, 1917: 243; Wheeler, 1922: 687; Emery, 1924f: 218; Donisthorpe, 1943g: 676.
• Octella as junior synonym of Oligomyrmex: Ettershank, 1966: 119; Bolton, 1973a: 353; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 14; Ogata, 1991b: 111; Tang et al., 1995: 74.
• Octella as junior synonym of Solenopsis: Taylor, 1991b: 611; Bolton, 1995b: 40; Bolton, 2003: 218.

Obsolete classifications

• Oligomyrmex (Octella)

Citations

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