• Xymmer as subgenus of Stigmatomma: Santschi, 1914d: 311; Forel, 1917: 235; Emery, 1919c: 106; Donisthorpe, 1943h: 737.
• Xymmer as genus: Wheeler, 1922: 641 (in key).
• Xymmer as subgenus of Amblyopone: Clark, 1934b: 27.
• Xymmer as junior synonym of Stigmatomma: Brown, 1949c: 87.
• Xymmer as junior synonym of Amblyopone: Brown, 1960a: 155.
• Xymmer revived from synonymy and reinstated as genus: Yoshimura & Fisher, 2012a: 19.

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