• Combination in Mycetophylax: Sosa-Calvo et al., 2017: 9.
• Subspecies of Mycetophylax bigibbosus: Weber, 1940b: 413 (in key); Weber, 1946c: 124.
• Status as species: Kempf, 1964d: 23 (redescription); Weber, 1966a: 167; Kempf, 1968a: 40 (in text); Kempf, 1972b: 92; Bolton, 1995b: 167; Sosa-Calvo et al., 2017: 9; Fernández & Serna, 2019: 860.
• Senior synonym of Mycetophylax bigibbosus petiolatus: Kempf, 1964d: 23; Kempf, 1968a: 40 (in text); Kempf, 1972b: 92; Bolton, 1995b: 167.

Junior synonyms

• Mycetophylax bigibbosus petiolatus (Weber, 1938)
  Obsolete combination(s): Cyphomyrmex bigibbosus petiolatus

Obsolete combinations

• Cyphomyrmex bigibbosus faunulus
• Cyphomyrmex faunulus

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Fernández, F.; Serna, F. J. 2019. Subfamilia Myrmicinae. Capítulo 27. Pp. 791-888 in: Fernández, F.; Guerrero, R. J.; Delsinne, T. (eds.) 2019d. Hormigas de Colombia. Bogotá: Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 1198 pp. PDF
• Kempf, W. W. 1964d. A revision of the Neotropical fungus-growing ants of the genus Cyphomyrmex Mayr. Part I: Group of strigatus Mayr (Hym., Formicidae). Studia Entomologica 7:1-44. PDF
• Kempf, W. W. 1968a. A new species of Cyphomyrmex from Colombia, with further remarks on the genus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Revista Brasileira de Biologia 28:35-41. PDF
• Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
• Sosa-Calvo, J.; Ješovnik, A.; Vasconcelos, H. L.; Bacci, M., Jr.; Schultz, T. R. 2017. Rediscovery of the enigmatic fungus-farming ant "Mycetosoritis" asper Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): Implications for taxonomy, phylogeny, and the evolution of agriculture in ants. PLoS ONE 12 (5):29 pp. e0176498. 10.1371/journal.pone.0176498 PDF
• Weber, N. A. 1940b. The biology of the fungus-growing ants. Part VI. Key to Cyphomyrmex, new Attini and a new guest ant. Revista de Entomologia (Rio de Janeiro) 11:406-427. PDF
• Weber, N. A. 1946c. The biology of the fungus-growing ants. Part IX. The British Guiana species. Revista de Entomologia (Rio de Janeiro) 17:114-172. PDF
• Weber, N. A. 1966a. The subgenus Cyphomannia Weber 1938 of Cyphomyrmex Mayr 1862, reinstated, and systematic notes (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Entomological News 77:166-168. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1925a. Neotropical ants in the collections of the Royal Museum of Stockholm. Arkiv för Zoologi 17A(8):1-55. PDF