• Atta in Formicariae: Latreille, 1809: 128; Latreille, 1810: 311.
• Atta in Formicarides: Leach, 1815: 147.
• Atta in Myrmicites: Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, 1835: 172.
• Atta in Attidae: Smith, 1858a: 161.
• Atta in Cryptoceridae, Attinae: Ashmead, 1905c: 383.
• Atta in Myrmicinae: Mayr, 1855: 459 [Myrmicidae]; Smith, 1857a: 77 [Myrmicidae]; Mayr, 1861: 65 [Myrmicidae]; Mayr, 1865: 18 [Myrmicidae]; Smith, 1871a: 333 [Myrmicidae]; Cresson, 1887: 259 [Myrmicidae]; Dalla Torre, 1893: 150 [Myrmicinae].
• Atta in Myrmicinae, Attini: Emery, 1877b: 81 [Myrmicidae, Attidae]; Forel, 1893b: 163; Emery, 1895l: 770; Emery, 1896e: 181; Forel, 1899b: 30; Wheeler, 1910a: 141; Emery, 1913c: 251; Emery, 1914e: 42; Forel, 1917: 247; Wheeler, 1922: 669; Emery, 1924f: 352; subsequent authors; Brandão, 1991: 328; Bolton, 1995b: 21; Bolton, 2003: 57, 197; Ward et al., 2015: 77.
• Atta as genus: all authors.
• Atta as senior synonym of Archeatta: Smith, 1951c: 832; Weber, 1958a: 8; Brown, 1973b: 178 [provisional]; Smith, 1979: 1413; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 12; Bolton, 1994: 105; Bolton, 1995b: 21; Bolton, 2003: 198; Fernández et al., 2015: 95.
• Atta as senior synonym of Epiatta: Weber, 1958a: 8; Smith, 1979: 1413; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 12; Bolton, 1994: 105; Bolton, 1995b: 21; Bolton, 2003: 198; Fernández et al., 2015: 95.
• Atta as senior synonym of Neoatta: Weber, 1958a: 8; Brown, 1973b: 183 [provisional]; Smith, 1979: 1413; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 12; Bolton, 1994: 105; Bolton, 1995b: 21; Bolton, 2003: 198; Fernández et al., 2015: 95.
• Atta as senior synonym of Oecodoma: Mayr, 1863a: 458 (in text); Roger, 1863b: 35; Mayr, 1865: 78; Dalla Torre, 1893: 150; Forel, 1893h: 587; Forel, 1899b: 30; Emery, 1924f: 352; subsequent authors; Bolton, 1995b: 40; Bolton, 2003: 197.
• [Note: Atta and Oecodoma share the same type-species, synonymy is therefore absolute.]
• Atta as senior synonym of Palaeatta: Weber, 1958a: 8; Brown, 1973b: 183 [provisional]; Smith, 1979: 1413; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 12; Bolton, 1994: 105; Bolton, 1995b: 21; Bolton, 2003: 198; Fernández et al., 2015: 95.
• [Myrmegis Rafinesque, 1815. Nomen nudum. Referable to Atta because the entry in Rafinesque, 1815: 124 reads, "6. Myrmegis R. Atta Latr." (Brown, 1973b: 182).]

Junior synonyms

• Archeatta Gonçalves, 1942
  Obsolete classification(s): Atta (Archeatta)
• Epiatta Borgmeier, 1950
  Obsolete classification(s): Atta (Epiatta)
• Neoatta Gonçalves, 1942
  Obsolete classification(s): Atta (Neoatta)
• Oecodoma Latreille, 1818
  Obsolete classification(s): Atta (Oecodoma)
• Palaeatta Borgmeier, 1950
  Obsolete classification(s): Atta (Palaeatta)

Obsolete classifications

• Formica (Atta)

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