• Xymmer in Ponerinae, Amblyoponini: Forel, 1917: 235.
• Xymmer in Amblyoponinae, Amblyoponini: Bolton, 2003: 154.
• Xymmer as subgenus of Stigmatomma: Santschi, 1914d: 311; Forel, 1917: 235; Emery, 1919c: 106; Donisthorpe, 1943h: 737.
• Xymmer as subgenus of Amblyopone: Clark, 1934b: 27.
• Xymmer as junior synonym of Stigmatomma: Brown, 1949c: 87.
• Xymmer as junior synonym of Amblyopone: Brown, 1960a: 155; Bolton, 1973a: 330; Smith, 1979: 1334; Ogata, 1987a: 103; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 9; Bolton, 1995b: 50; Tang et al., 1995: 24; Bolton, 2003: 154.
• Xymmer as genus: Wheeler, 1922: 641 (in key); Yoshimura & Fisher, 2012a: 19.
• [Ximmer: incorrect subsequent spelling by Emery, 1919c: 106.]

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