Amblyopone Erichson, 1842: 260. Type-species: Amblyopone australis, by monotypy.
Taxonomic history
Amblyopone in Poneridae: Smith, F. 1858b: 108; Smith, F. 1871a: 324.
Amblyopone in Ponerinae: Mayr, 1862: 714 (in key) [Poneridae]; Mayr, 1865: 16 [Poneridae]; Emery & Forel, 1879a: 455 [Poneridae]; Dalla Torre, 1893: 13.
Amblyopone in Amblyoponinae: Forel, 1893a: 162; Clark, 1951: 15 (in key).
Amblyopone in Pachycondylinae, Amblyoponini: Ashmead, 1905b: 382.
Amblyopone in Ponerinae, Amblyoponini: Emery, 1895c: 261; Emery, 1895j: 766; Emery, 1901a: 34; Wheeler, W.M. 1910g: 134; Emery, 1911d: 25; Forel, 1917: 235; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 641; Donisthorpe, 1943f: 621; Brown, 1953c: 11; all subsequent authors to the following.
Amblyopone in Amblyoponinae, Amblyoponini: Bolton, 2003: 42, 154.
Junior synonyms of AMBLYOPONE
Stigmatomma Roger, 1859: 250. Type-species: Stigmatomma denticulatum, by subsequent designation of Bingham, 1903: 36.
Taxonomic history
Stigmatomma in Ponerinae: Mayr, 1861: 53 [Poneridae]; Mayr, 1862: 714 [Poneridae]; Mayr, 1865: 16 [Poneridae]; Dalla Torre, 1893: 14.
Stigmatomma in Amblyoponinae: Forel, 1893a: 162; Forel, 1895b: 110 [Amblyoponeridae]
Stigmatomma in Pachycondylinae, Amblyoponini: Ashmead, 1905b: 283.
Stigmatomma in Ponerinae, Amblyoponini: Emery, 1895j: 766; Emery, 1901a: 34; Wheeler, W.M. 1910g: 134; Emery, 1911d: 23; Forel, 1917: 235; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 641.
Stigmatomma as subgenus of Amblyopone: Forel, 1900c: 55; Clark, 1934b: 27; Brown, 1949c: 87.
Stigmatomma as genus: Roger, 1859: 250; Dalla Torre, 1893: 14; Emery, 1895j: 766; Bingham, 1903: 36; Emery, 1911d: 23; Forel, 1917: 235; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 641; Borgmeier, 1923: 52; Donisthorpe, 1943g: 728; Creighton, 1950a: 31; Kusnezov, 1956: 12.
Stigmatomma as junior synonym of Amblyopone: Emery & Forel, 1879a: 455; Mayr, 1887: 546; Brown, 1960a: 155; all subsequent authors.
Arotropus Provancher, 1881a: 205. Type-species: Arotropus binodosus (junior synonym of Typhlopone pallipes), by monotypy.
Taxonomic history
Arotropus as junior synonym of Amblyopone: Provancher, 1887: 240; Brown, 1960a: 155.
Amblyopopone Dalla Torre, 1893: 13, unjustified emendation of Amblyopone.
Taxonomic history
Amblyopopone as junior synonym of Amblyopone: Forel, 1893a: 166; Emery, 1911d: 25.
Amblyopopona Schulz, W.A. 1906: 154, unjustified emendation of Amblyopone.
Taxonomic history
Amblyopopona as junior synonym of Amblyopone: Bolton, 1994: 164.
Xymmer Santschi, 1914d: 311 [as subgenus of Stigmatomma]. Type-species: Stigmatomma (Xymmer) muticum, by monotypy.
Taxonomic history
Xymmer as subgenus of Stigmatomma: Santschi, 1914d: 311; Forel, 1917: 235; Emery, 1919c: 106; Donisthorpe, 1943g: 737.
Xymmer as genus: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 641 (in key).
Xymmer as subgenus of Amblyopone: Clark, 1934b: 27.
Xymmer as junior synonym of Stigmatomma: Brown, 1949c: 87.
Xymmer as junior synonym of Amblyopone: Brown, 1960a: 155.
Fulakora Mann, 1919: 279 [as subgenus of Stigmatomma]. Type-species: Stigmatomma (Fulakora) celata, by original designation.
Taxonomic history
Fulakora as junior synonym of Stigmatomma: Brown, 1949c: 88.
Fulakora as junior synonym of Amblyopone: Brown, 1960a: 155.
Neoamblyopone Wheeler, W.M. 1927c: 1 [as subgenus of Amblyopone]. Type-species: Amblyopone (Neoamblyopone) clarki, by monotypy.
Taxonomic history
Neoamblyopone as junior synonym of Amblyopone: Brown, 1949c: 87; Brown, 1960a: 155.
Protamblyopone Wheeler, W.M. 1927c: 1 [as subgenus of Amblyopone]. Type-species: Amblyopone (Protamblyopone) aberrans, by monotypy.
Taxonomic history
Protamblyopone as junior synonym of Amblyopone: Brown, 1949c: 87; Brown, 1960a: 155.
Lithomyrmex Clark, 1928a: 30. Type-species: Lithomyrmex glauerti, by original designation.
Taxonomic history
Lithomyrmex in Ponerinae, Amblyoponini: Clark, 1928a: 30.
Lithomyrmex as junior synonym of Amblyopone: Brown, 1960a: 156.
Ericapelta Kusnezov, 1955: 273. Type-species: Ericapelta egregia, by monotypy.
Taxonomic history
Ericapelta as junior synonym of Amblyopone: Brown, 1960a: 156.
Genus Amblyopone references
Roger, 1863b: 20 (catalogue); Mayr, 1863: 394, 454 (catalogue); Mayr, 1865: 16 (Amblyopone, Stigmatomma diagnoses); Andr?, 1882c: 233 (Europe & Algeria species key); Cresson, 1887: 259 (U.S.A. catalogue); Dalla Torre, 1893: 13, 14 (Amblyopone, Stigmatomma catalogues); Forel, 1900c: 55 (India & Sri Lanka species key); Bingham, 1903: 37 (India, Sri Lanka & Burma Stigmatomma species key); Emery, 1911d: 23 (Stigmatomma diagnosis, catalogue); Emery, 1911d: 25 (diagnosis, catalogue); Santschi, 1915a: 55 (Mediterranean species key); Emery, 1916b: 100 (Italy species key); Bondroit, 1918: 80 (France & Belgium species key); Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 758 (Afrotropical catalogue); Wheeler, W.M. 1927c: 3 (Austral & New Guinea species key); Chapman & Capco, 1951: 22, 24 (Asia Amblyopone, Stigmatomma checklists); Brown, 1958h: 11 (New Zealand species); Brown, 1960a: 155, 191 (diagnosis & review of genus, New World species key); Kempf, 1972a: 19 (Neotropical catalogue); Baroni Urbani, 1978a: 41 (Mediterranean species key); Smith, D.R. 1979: 1334 (North America catalogue); Taylor, 1979: 824 (Melanesia species key); Taylor & Brown, D.R. 1985: 18 (Australia catalogue); Taylor, 1987a: 6 (Australia, New Caledonia & New Zealand checklist); Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b: 264 (Balkans species key); Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988: 78 (synoptic classification); Morisita, Kubota, et al. 1989: 8 (Japan species key); Terayama, 1989b: 345 (Taiwan species key); Tinaut, 1990d: 189 (Iberian Peninsula species); Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990: 173 (Turkmenistan species key); Lattke, 1991c: 6 (New World species key); Atanasov & Dlussky, 1992: 61 (Bulgaria species key); Bolton, 1995a: 1047 (census); Bolton, 1995b: 61 (catalogue); Onoyama, 1999: 190 (Japan species key); Shattuck, 1999: 179 (Australia synopsis); Xu, 2001d: 552 (East & South Asia species key); Lacau & Delabie, 2002: 40 (Neotropical species key); Xu, 2006: 152 (China species key); Arias-Penna, 2008a: 43 (Neotropical species key); Terayama, 2009: 93 (Taiwan species key).