Nakai, T. (1929), Botanical Magazine (Tokyo) 43: 6 [tax. nov.]

Bostock, P.D. & Spokes, T.M. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1998), Polypodiaceae. Flora of Australia 48: 486 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Lecanopteris Reinw. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2009), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Myrmechophila Nakai orth. var.

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