• Theryella as genus: Wheeler, 1922: 677 (footnote); Donisthorpe, 1943h: 732.
• Theryella as junior synonym of Proatta: Snelling, 1981: 395 (error).
• Theryella as junior synonym of Stenamma: Santschi, 1923a: 136; Smith, 1979: 1357; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 15; Ogata, 1991b: 80; Bolton, 1995b: 48; Bolton, 2003: 205.

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