• Centromyrmex in Poneridae: Mayr, 1866b: 894.
• Centromyrmex in Ponerinae: Dalla Torre, 1893: 15 [Ponerinae]; Emery, 1896e: 177 [Ponerinae].
• Centromyrmex incertae sedis in Ponerinae: Jaffe, 1993: 8.
• Centromyrmex in Ponerinae, Ponerini: Forel, 1895b: 111; Forel, 1899b: 2; Emery, 1901b: 35; Forel, 1900f: 303; Ashmead, 1905c: 382; Wheeler, 1910a: 135; Emery, 1911e: 57 [subtribe Centromyrmecini]; Arnold, 1915: 38; Forel, 1917: 237 [subtribe Centromyrmecini]; Wheeler, 1922: 646; subsequent authors; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 10; Bolton, 1995b: 23; Bolton, 2003: 44, 160; Bolton & Fisher, 2008c: 2.
• Centromyrmex in Ponerinae, Ponerini, Plectroctena genus group: Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014: 164.
• Centromyrmex as genus: all authors.
• Centromyrmex as senior synonym of Glyphopone: Brown, 1963a: 9; Bolton, 1973a: 336; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 11; Bolton, 1995b: 23; Tang et al., 1995: 33; Bolton, 2003: 160; Bolton & Fisher, 2008c: 4; Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014: 165.
• Centromyrmex as senior synonym of Leptopone: Brown, 1963a: 9; Bolton, 1973a: 336; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 11; Bolton, 1995b: 23; Tang et al., 1995: 33; Bolton, 2003: 161; Bolton & Fisher, 2008c: 4; Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014: 165.
• Centromyrmex as senior synonym of Spalacomyrmex: Emery, 1890c: 40 (footnote); Dalla Torre, 1893: 15; Forel, 1900f: 303; Bingham, 1903: 93; Emery, 1911e: 57; Donisthorpe, 1943h: 727; Bolton, 1973a: 335; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 11; Bolton, 1995b: 23; Tang et al., 1995: 33; Bolton, 2003: 160; Bolton & Fisher, 2008c: 4; Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014: 164.
• Centromyrmex as senior synonym of Typhloteras: Brown, 1953c: 8; Bolton, 1973a: 335; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 11; Bolton, 1995b: 23; Tang et al., 1995: 33; Bolton, 2003: 161; Bolton & Fisher, 2008c: 4; Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014: 165.

Junior synonyms

• Glyphopone Forel, 1913
• Leptopone Arnold, 1916
• Spalacomyrmex Emery, 1889
• Typhloteras Karavaiev, 1925

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