• Rabeling et al., 2007: 23 (m.).
• Combination in Cyphomyrmex (Trachymyrmex): Emery, 1924f: 346.
• Combination in Trachymyrmex: Gallardo, 1916c: 242; Creighton, 1950a: 324.
• Combination in Mycetomoellerius: Solomon et al., 2019: 948.
• Status as species: Wheeler, 1907d: 709 (redescription); Wheeler, 1910a: 568; Wheeler, 1911i: 249 (in key); Emery, 1924f: 346; Creighton, 1950a: 324; Smith, 1951c: 831; Smith, 1979: 1412; Bolton, 1995b: 421; Rabeling et al., 2007: 22 (redescription).
• Senior synonym of Mycetomoellerius turrifex caroli: Rabeling et al., 2007: 23.

Junior synonyms

• Mycetomoellerius turrifex caroli (Wheeler, 1911)
  Obsolete combination(s): Trachymyrmex turrifex caroli, Atta turrifex caroli

Obsolete combinations

• Atta turrifex
• Trachymyrmex turrifex

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Creighton, W. S. 1950a. The ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 104:1-585. PDF
• Emery, C. 1924f ("1922"). Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [concl.]. Genera Insectorum 174C:207-397. PDF
• Gallardo, A. 1916c. Notas acerca de la hormiga Trachymyrmex pruinosus Emery. Anales del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Buenos Aires 28:241-252. PDF
• Rabeling, C.; Cover, S. P.; Johnson, R. A.; Mueller, U. G. 2007. A review of the North American species of the fungus-gardening ant genus Trachymyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 1664:1-53. PDF
• Smith, D. R. 1979. Superfamily Formicoidea. Pp. 1323-1467 in: Krombein, K. V.; Hurd, P. D.; Smith, D. R.; Burks, B. D. (eds.) 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America north of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. i-xvi, 1199-2209.
• Smith, M. R. 1951c. Family Formicidae. Pp. 778-875 in: Muesebeck, C. F. W.; Krombein, K. V.; Townes, H. K. (eds.) 1951. Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic catalogue. United States Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Monograph 2:1-1420. PDF
• Solomon, S. E.; Rabeling, C.; Sosa-Calvo, J.; Lopes, C. T.; Rodrigues, A.; Vasconcelos, H. L.; Bacci, M., Jr.; Mueller, U. G.; Schultz, T. R. 2019. The molecular phylogenetics of Trachymyrmex Forel ants and their fungal cultivars provide insights into the origin and coevolutionary history of ‘higher-attine’ ant agriculture. Systematic Entomology 44:939-956. 10.1111/syen.12370 PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1903c. A decad of Texan Formicidae. Psyche (Cambridge) 10:93-111. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1907d. The fungus-growing ants of North America. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 23:669-807. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1910a. Ants: their structure, development and behavior. New York: Columbia University Press, xxv + 663 pp. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1911i. Descriptions of some new fungus-growing ants from Texas, with Mr. C. G. Hartman's observations on their habits. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 19:245-255. PDF