• Pristomyrmex in Myrmicinae: Mayr, 1866b: 903 [Myrmicidae]; Dalla Torre, 1893: 62 [Myrmicinae]; Emery, 1896e: 183 [Myrmicinae].
• Pristomyrmex in Myrmicidae, Myrmicidae: Emery, 1877b: 81.
• Pristomyrmex in Myrmicinae, Myrmicini: Emery, 1895l: 769; Ashmead, 1905c: 383; Wheeler, 1910a: 139.
• Pristomyrmex in Myrmicinae, Tetramoriini: Bernard, 1953b: 251.
• Pristomyrmex in Myrmicinae, Pheidolini: Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 16.
• Pristomyrmex in Myrmicinae, Myrmecinini: Emery, 1912b: 105; Emery, 1914e: 41; Forel, 1917: 244; Wheeler, 1922: 663; Emery, 1924f: 233 [subtribe Myrmecinini]; Bolton, 1994: 105; Bolton, 1995b: 43; Bolton, 2003: 71, 256.
• Pristomyrmex in Myrmicinae, Crematogastrini: Ward et al., 2015: 77.
• Pristomyrmex in Myrmicinae, Crematogastrini, Myrmecina genus group: Blaimer et al., 2018: 7.
• Pristomyrmex as genus: all authors.
• Pristomyrmex as senior synonym of Dodous: Brown, 1971a: 3; Bolton, 1973a: 348; Bolton, 1981b: 282; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 15; Ogata, 1991b: 122; Bolton, 1995b: 43; Tang et al., 1995: 61; Bolton, 2003: 256.
• Pristomyrmex as senior synonym of Hylidris: Brown, 1953c: 9; Bolton, 1973a: 348; Bolton, 1981b: 282; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 15; Ogata, 1991b: 122; Bolton, 1995b: 43; Tang et al., 1995: 61; Bolton, 2003: 256.
• Pristomyrmex as senior synonym of Odontomyrmex: Mann, 1919: 341; Emery, 1924f: 233; Donisthorpe, 1943g: 676; Brown, 1953c: 9; Taylor, 1965b: 35; Bolton, 1973a: 348; Bolton, 1981b: 282; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 15; Ogata, 1991b: 122; Bolton, 1995b: 43; Tang et al., 1995: 61; Bolton, 2003: 256.

Junior synonyms

• Dodous Donisthorpe, 1946
• Hylidris Weber, 1941
• Odontomyrmex André, 1905

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