• Combination in Labidus: Leach, 1815: 147; Latreille, 1817b: 556; Latreille, 1817f: 141; Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, 1835: 230 (footnote).
• [Note: Shuckard, 1840b: 262, says “that it (Dorylus mediatus) cannot belong to either of these genera” (Dorylus or Labidus).]
• [Note: Westwood, 1842: 78, says that the holotype of Dorylus mediatus was a male Mutilla, having been examined by Dr Erichson in the Royal Museum of Copenhagen.]
• Status as species: Leach, 1815: 147; Latreille, 1817b: 556; Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, 1835: 230 (footnote); Shuckard, 1840b: 261; Westwood, 1842: 78.
• Excluded from Formicidae; transferred to family Mutillidae: Westwood, 1842: 78.
• [Note: Dorylus mediatus was subsequently incorrectly retained in Dorylus by Roger, 1863b: 41, and Mayr, 1863a: 408.]

Citations

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