• Xiphomyrmex in Myrmicinae: Dalla Torre, 1893: 130.
• Xiphomyrmex in Myrmicinae, Myrmicini: Ashmead, 1905c: 383.
• Xiphomyrmex in Myrmicinae, Tetramoriini: Emery, 1895l: 770; Emery, 1896e: 183; Emery, 1914e: 42; Forel, 1917: 245; Wheeler, 1922: 664; Emery, 1924f: 286; subsequent authors.
• Xiphomyrmex as subgenus of Tetramorium: Dalla Torre, 1893: 130; Emery, 1893h: 246; Forel, 1899d: 53; Forel, 1901c: 11; Forel, 1903a: 700; Wheeler, 1910a: 141; Santschi, 1914b: 106; Arnold, 1917: 274; Arnold, 1926: 277.
• Xiphomyrmex as genus: Emery, 1895l: 770; Emery, 1896e: 183; Ashmead, 1905c: 383; Emery, 1914e: 42; Forel, 1917: 245; Wheeler, 1922: 193; Emery, 1924f: 286; Smith, 1938a: 126; Donisthorpe, 1943h: 736; Creighton, 1950a: 293; Smith, 1951c: 824; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 179; Bernard, 1953b: 250; Bolton, 1973a: 356; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1985b: 257; Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988: 80.
• Xiphomyrmex as junior synonym of Tetramorium: Bingham, 1903: 175; Bolton, 1976: 359; Bolton, 1977: 69; Bolton, 1979: 130; Smith, 1979: 1400; Bolton, 1980: 195; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 16; Brandão, 1991: 381; Ogata, 1991b: 99; Bolton, 1994: 106; Bolton, 1995b: 50; Tang et al., 1995: 78; Bolton, 2003: 226.
• [Xyphomyrmex: incorrect subsequent spelling by Santschi, 1935a: 268.]

Obsolete classifications

• Tetramorium (Xiphomyrmex)

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