• Dorylinae as family: Leach, 1815: 147 [Dorylida (family-group name)]; Haliday, 1836: 331 [Dorylidae]; Swainson & Shuckard, 1840: 175 [Dorylidae]; Shuckard, 1840a: 188 [Dorylidae]; Smith, 1859c: 1 [Dorylidae]; Mayr, 1866b: 895 [Dorylidae]; Smith, 1871b: 225 [Dorylidae]; André, 1882a: 125 [Dorylidae]; Cresson, 1887: 93 [Dorylidae]; Emery, 1894h: 381 [Dorylidae]; Ashmead, 1905c: 381 [Dorylidae]; Ashmead, 1906: 21 [Dorylidae]; Bernard, 1951c: 1046 [Dorylidae]; Bernard, 1953b: 217 [Dorylidae].
• Dorylinae as subfamily of Dorylidae: Ashmead, 1905c: 381; Ashmead, 1906: 25.
• Dorylinae as subfamily of Formicidae: Mayr, 1865: 16 [Dorylidae]; Emery, 1877b: 70 [Dorylidae]; Forel, 1878c: 365 [Dorylidae]; Emery & Forel, 1879: 465 [Dorylidae]; André, 1881c: 64 [Dorylidae]; Forel, 1892k: 220 [Dorylidae]; Forel, 1893b: 163; Dalla Torre, 1893: 1; Forel, 1895b: 118 [Dorylidae]; Emery, 1895l: 764 [subfamily spelled Dorylini]; Emery, 1896e: 174; Forel, 1899b: 22; Forel, 1901a: 462; Forel, 1901d: 139; Emery, 1901b: 36; Bingham, 1903: 1; Emery, 1910b: 3; Wheeler, 1910a: 137; Arnold, 1915: 110; Escherich, 1917: 2 [Dorylini]; Forel, 1917: 239; Bondroit, 1918: 14 [Dorylitae]; Wheeler, 1920: 53; Wheeler, 1922: 632; Clark, 1951: 16; Brown, 1954e: 28; Borgmeier, 1955: 51; all subsequent authors.
• Dorylinae as dorylomorph subfamily of Formicidae: Bolton, 2003: 36, 147; Brady & Ward, 2005: 593.
• Dorylinae as formicoid subfamily of Formicidae: Moreau et al., 2006: 102.
• Dorylinae as formicoid dorylomorph subfamily of Formicidae: Brady et al., 2006: 18173; Ward, 2007c: 555.
• Dorylinae as senior synonym of Acanthostichini, Aenictinae, Aenictogitoninae, Cerapachyinae (Eusphinctinae and Lioponerini), Cheliomyrmecini, Cylindromyrmecini, Ecitoninae, Leptanilloidinae: Brady et al., 2014: 5

Junior synonyms

• Acanthostichinae Emery, 1901
• Acanthostichini Emery, 1901
• Aenictinae Emery, 1901
  Obsolete classification(s): Aenictini
• Aenictogitoninae Ashmead, 1905
  Obsolete classification(s): Aenictogitonini
• Cerapachyinae Forel, 1893
  Obsolete classification(s): Cerapachyini
• Cheliomyrmecinae Wheeler, 1921
  Obsolete classification(s): Cheliomyrmecini
• Cylindromyrmecinae Emery, 1901
• Cylindromyrmecini Emery, 1901
• Ecitoninae Forel, 1893
  Obsolete classification(s): Ecitonini
• Eusphinctinae Clark, 1951
• Leptanilloidinae Baroni Urbani et al., 1992
• Lioponerinae Ashmead, 1905
  Obsolete classification(s): Lioponerini

Obsolete classifications

• Dorylini

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