• Paraponerinae as poneromorph subfamily of Formicidae: Bolton, 2003: 47, 178.
• Paraponerinae as poneroid subfamily of Formicidae: Ouellette et al., 2006: 365; Brady et al., 2006: 18173; Moreau et al., 2006: 102; Ward, 2007c: 555.

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