• Hercynia as junior synonym of Ochetomyrmex: Smith, 1979: 1402.
• Hercynia as junior synonym of Wasmannia: Brown, 1948d: 102; Bolton, 1973a: 350; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 16; Bolton, 1995b: 31; Bolton, 2003: 201.

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