• Combination in Trachymyrmex: Weber, 1958b: 54.
• Combination in Mycetomoellerius: Solomon et al., 2019: 948.
• Subspecies of Mycetomoellerius wheeleri: Weber, 1946c: 144; Kempf, 1972b: 254; Bolton, 1995b: 421.
• Junior synonym of Mycetomoellerius wheeleri: Weber, 1958b: 54; Brandão, 1991: 382.
• Junior synonym of Mycetomoellerius opulentus: Mayhé-Nunes & Brandão, 2002: 680.

Obsolete combinations

• Sericomyrmex wheeleri pakeelai
• Trachymyrmex wheeleri pakeelai

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Brandão, C. R. F. 1991. Adendos ao catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 35:319-412. PDF
• Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
• Mayhé-Nunes, A. J.; Brandão, C. R. F. 2002. Revisionary studies on the attine ant genus Trachymyrmex Forel. Part 1: definition of the genus and the opulentus group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 40:667-698.
• Solomon, S. E.; Rabeling, C.; Sosa-Calvo, J.; Lopes, C. T.; Rodrigues, A.; Vasconcelos, H. L.; Bacci, M., Jr.; Mueller, U. G.; Schultz, T. R. 2019. The molecular phylogenetics of Trachymyrmex Forel ants and their fungal cultivars provide insights into the origin and coevolutionary history of ‘higher-attine’ ant agriculture. Systematic Entomology 44:939-956. 10.1111/syen.12370 PDF
• Weber, N. A. 1937. The biology of the fungus-growing ants. Part l. New forms. Revista de Entomologia (Rio de Janeiro) 7:378-409. PDF
• Weber, N. A. 1946c. The biology of the fungus-growing ants. Part IX. The British Guiana species. Revista de Entomologia (Rio de Janeiro) 17:114-172. PDF
• Weber, N. A. 1958b. Nomenclatural changes in Trachymyrmex (Hym.: Formicidae). Entomological News 69:49-55. PDF