• Combination in Typhlopone: Smith, 1858a: 112.
• Combination in Dorylus: Dalla Torre, 1893: 10.
• Combination in Dorylus (Alaopone): Emery, 1895l: 730.
• Status as species: Smith, 1858a: 112; Roger, 1861a: 45; Roger, 1863b: 20; Mayr, 1863a: 457; Motschoulsky, 1863: 15; Dalla Torre, 1893: 10; Emery, 1895l: 730; Mayr, 1897: 420.
• Junior synonym of Dorylus orientalis: Forel, 1901a: 463; Bingham, 1903: 4; Emery, 1910b: 15; Wilson, 1964a: 442; Bolton, 1995b: 178; Tang et al., 1995: 44; Tiwari, 1999: 16; Zhou, 2001a: 55.

Obsolete combinations

• Labidus curtisii

Citations

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