• Forel, 1912f: 189 (q.m.).
• Combination in Cyphomyrmex (Mycetophylax): Emery, 1913c: 251; Emery, 1924f: 343.
• Combination in Myrmicocrypta (Mycetophylax): Santschi, 1916e: 383.
• Combination in Mycetophylax: Santschi, 1925e: 163.
• Combination in Kalathomyrmex: Klingenberg & Brandão, 2009: 22.
• Status as species: Forel, 1912f: 189; Santschi, 1922c: 358 (in key); Emery, 1924f: 343; Kusnezov, 1953c: 338; Weber, 1958e: 263; Kempf, 1972b: 145; Bolton, 1995b: 268; Wild, 2007b: 33; Klingenberg & Brandão, 2009: 22 (redescription); Bezděčková et al., 2015: 117; Fernández & Serna, 2019: 854.
• Senior synonym of Kalathomyrmex emeryi arenicola: Klingenberg & Brandão, 2009: 22.
• Senior synonym of Kalathomyrmex emeryi argentina: Klingenberg & Brandão, 2009: 22.
• Senior synonym of Kalathomyrmex emeryi bolivari: Klingenberg & Brandão, 2009: 22.
• Senior synonym of Kalathomyrmex emeryi fortis: Klingenberg & Brandão, 2009: 22.
• Senior synonym of Kalathomyrmex emeryi gallardoi: Klingenberg & Brandão, 2009: 22.
• Senior synonym of Kalathomyrmex glaber: Klingenberg & Brandão, 2009: 23.
• Senior synonym of Kalathomyrmex emeryi hubrichi: Klingenberg & Brandão, 2009: 23.
• Senior synonym of Kalathomyrmex hummelincki: Weber, 1958e: 263; Kempf, 1972b: 145; Bolton, 1995b: 269; Klingenberg & Brandão, 2009: 22.
• Senior synonym of Kalathomyrmex emeryi weiseri: Klingenberg & Brandão, 2009: 23.

Junior synonyms

• Kalathomyrmex emeryi arenicola (Forel, 1912)
  Obsolete combination(s): Myrmicocrypta emeryi arenicola
• Kalathomyrmex emeryi argentina (Santschi, 1916)
  Obsolete combination(s): Myrmicocrypta emeryi argentina
• Kalathomyrmex emeryi bolivari (Weber, 1948)
  Obsolete combination(s): Kalathomyrmex bolivari, Mycetophylax bolivari
• Kalathomyrmex emeryi fortis (Forel, 1912)
  Obsolete combination(s): Myrmicocrypta emeryi fortis
• Kalathomyrmex emeryi gallardoi (Santschi, 1922)
  Obsolete combination(s): Myrmicocrypta emeryi gallardoi
• Kalathomyrmex emeryi hubrichi (Santschi, 1925)
  Obsolete combination(s): Mycetophylax emeryi hubrichi
• Kalathomyrmex emeryi weiseri (Santschi, 1929)
  Obsolete combination(s): Mycetophylax emeryi weiseri
• Kalathomyrmex glaber (Weber, 1948)
  Obsolete combination(s): Mycetophylax glaber
• Kalathomyrmex hummelincki (Weber, 1948)
  Obsolete combination(s): Mycetophylax hummelincki

Obsolete combinations

• Mycetophylax emeryi
• Myrmicocrypta emeryi

Citations

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