• Hemioptica in Formicinae: Mayr, 1862: 769 [Formicidae]; Mayr, 1865: 6 [Formicidae].
• Hemioptica in Camponotinae: Dalla Torre, 1893: 271 [Camponotinae]; Emery, 1896e: 189 [Camponotinae].
• Hemioptica in Camponotinae, Polyrhachidini: Ashmead, 1905c: 384.
• Hemioptica in Camponotinae, Camponotini: Emery, 1895l: 772; Wheeler, 1910a: 144.
• Hemioptica as junior synonym of Polyrhachis: Mayr, 1872: 138; Forel, 1878c: 368; Forel, 1891c: 77.
• Hemioptica as subgenus of Myrma: Wheeler, 1911c: 860; Wheeler, 1911g: 164.
• Hemioptica as genus: Roger, 1862a: 238; Mayr, 1862: 769; Mayr, 1863a: 422; Roger, 1863b: 9; Mayr, 1865: 6; Dalla Torre, 1893: 271; Emery, 1895l: 772; Emery, 1896j: 369, 378; Emery, 1896e: 189; Ashmead, 1905c: 384; Wheeler, 1910a: 144; Emery, 1925d: 209; Donisthorpe, 1943g: 649; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 255.
• Hemioptica as subgenus of Polyrhachis: Forel, 1915b: 107; Forel, 1917: 251; Wheeler, 1922: 701; Dorow & Kohout, 1995: 95; Dorow, 1995: 28; Bolton, 1995b: 31; Bolton, 2003: 123; Mezger & Moreau, 2016: 374.

Obsolete classifications

• Hemioptica

Citations

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