†Palaeosminthurini Pierce & Gibron, 1962 junior synonym of current valid taxon Camponotini Forel, 1878

• †Palaeosminthuridae as family of Collembola: Pierce & Gibron, 1962: 146.
• †Palaeosminthuridae incertae sedis in Formicidae: Najt, 1987: 152.
• †Palaeosminthurinae incertae sedis as subfamily of Formicidae: Bolton, 1994: 187 [†Paleosminthurinae]; Bolton, 1995b: 14; Bolton, 2003: 76, 263.
• †Palaeosminthurini as junior synonym of Camponotini: Snelling, R.R. (pers. comm. to B. Bolton, 2004) [synonymy remained unpublished at Snelling’s death in 2008]; Engel & Grimaldi, 2005: 4 (footnote).

Obsolete classifications

• †Palaeosminthuridae

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1994. Identification guide to the ant genera of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 222 pp.
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and classification of Formicidae. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 71:1-370. PDF
• Engel, M. S.; Grimaldi, D. A. 2005. Primitive new ants in Cretaceous amber from Myanmar, New Jersey, and Canada (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). American Museum Novitates 3485:1-23. PDF
• Najt, J. 1987. Le Collembole fossile Paleosminthurus juliae est un Hyménoptère. Revue Française d'Entomologie (Nouvelle Série) 9:152-154. PDF
• Pierce, W. D.; Gibron, S. J. 1962. Fossil arthropods of California. 24. Some unusual fossil arthropods from the Calico Mountains nodules. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 61:143-151. PDF