• Lectotype designation: Kempf, 1964d: 18.
• Combination in Mycetophylax: Sosa-Calvo et al., 2017: 9.
• Status as species: Borgmeier, 1927c: 126; Weber, 1940b: 413 (in key); Kempf, 1964d: 18 (redescription); Kempf, 1968a: 38; Kempf, 1972b: 93; Bolton, 1995b: 168; Sosa-Calvo et al., 2017: 9.

Obsolete combinations

• Cyphomyrmex paniscus

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Borgmeier, T. 1927c. Catalogo systematico e synonymico das formigas do Brasil. 2 parte. Subf. Pseudomyrminae, Myrmicinae, Formicidae. Archivos do Museu Nacional (Rio de Janeiro) 29:69-164. PDF
• Kempf, W. W. 1964d. A revision of the Neotropical fungus-growing ants of the genus Cyphomyrmex Mayr. Part I: Group of strigatus Mayr (Hym., Formicidae). Studia Entomologica 7:1-44. PDF
• Kempf, W. W. 1968a. A new species of Cyphomyrmex from Colombia, with further remarks on the genus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Revista Brasileira de Biologia 28:35-41. PDF
• Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
• Sosa-Calvo, J.; Ješovnik, A.; Vasconcelos, H. L.; Bacci, M., Jr.; Schultz, T. R. 2017. Rediscovery of the enigmatic fungus-farming ant "Mycetosoritis" asper Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): Implications for taxonomy, phylogeny, and the evolution of agriculture in ants. PLoS ONE 12 (5):29 pp. e0176498. 10.1371/journal.pone.0176498 PDF
• Weber, N. A. 1940b. The biology of the fungus-growing ants. Part VI. Key to Cyphomyrmex, new Attini and a new guest ant. Revista de Entomologia (Rio de Janeiro) 11:406-427. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1925a. Neotropical ants in the collections of the Royal Museum of Stockholm. Arkiv för Zoologi 17A(8):1-55. PDF