• Pseudosysphincta in Ponerinae, Proceratiini: Forel, 1917: 236; Wheeler, 1922: 645; Donisthorpe, 1943h: 723.
• Pseudosysphincta as genus: Forel, 1917: 236; Wheeler, 1922: 645; Donisthorpe, 1943h: 723.
• Pseudosysphincta as junior synonym of Discothyrea: Brown, 1958g: 248; Bolton, 1973a: 332; Ogata, 1987a: 107; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 10; Bolton, 1995b: 45; Bolton, 2003: 179; Hita Garcia et al., 2019: 8.
• [Pseudosphincta: incorrect subsequent spelling by Wheeler, 1922: 645.]

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