• Lectotype designation: Marcineiro & Lattke, 2024: 24.
• Wheeler, 1900b: 4, 19 (q.m.l.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1952c: 618 (l.); Marcineiro & Lattke, 2024: 24 (w.)
• Combination in Ponera: Roger, 1862c: 288.
• Combination in Pachycondyla (Pachycondyla): Emery, 1901b: 45.
• Combination in Pachycondyla: Roger, 1863b: 18; Mayr, 1863a: 439; Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014: 155.
• Status as species: Smith, 1858a: 49; Roger, 1862c: 288; Roger, 1863b: 18, 47; Mayr, 1863a: 439; Mayr, 1870a: 397 (in key); Emery, 1890b: 58, 71 (in key); Emery, 1890c: 42; Cameron, 1891: 91; Dalla Torre, 1893: 34; Emery, 1894l: 48; Forel, 1895b: 114; Emery, 1895d: 266; Pergande, 1896: 873; Forel, 1899b: 12; Wheeler, 1900b: 4; Forel, 1901k: 347; Forel, 1905e: 156; Wheeler, 1907b: 271; Wheeler, 1908h: 401 (redescription); Forel, 1909a: 246; Wheeler, 1910a: 561; Emery, 1911e: 75; Wheeler, 1911a: 21; Forel, 1911e: 285; Mann, 1916: 415; Wheeler, 1916f: 323; Crawley, 1916b: 367; Luederwaldt, 1918: 35; Mann, 1922: 7; Wheeler, 1922e: 3; Borgmeier, 1923: 70; Wheeler, 1925a: 5; Brown, 1950g: 247; Creighton, 1950a: 44; Smith, 1958c: 111; Kempf, 1961b: 493; Kempf, 1961e: 194; Kempf, 1964e: 52 (in key); Smith, 1967a: 347; Kempf, 1972b: 174; Smith, 1979: 1340; Brandão, 1991: 365; Bolton, 1995b: 305; Wild, 2003: 9; Wild, 2007b: 39; Mackay et al., 2008: 193; MacKay & MacKay, 2010: 374 (redescription); Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012: 263; Bezděčková et al., 2015: 124; Feitosa, 2015c: 99; Fernández & Guerrero, 2019: 541; Marcineiro & Lattke, 2024: 24.
• Senior synonym of Pachycondyla amplinoda: Emery, 1895d: 266; Pergande, 1896: 873; Wheeler, 1900b: 2; Wheeler, 1902g: 25; Wheeler, 1908h: 401; Brown, 1950g: 247; Kempf, 1972b: 174; Smith, 1979: 1340; Brandão, 1991: 365; Bolton, 1995b: 302; MacKay & MacKay, 2010: 374; Marcineiro & Lattke, 2024: 24.
• Senior synonym of Pachycondyla harpax concinna: Brown, 1950g: 247; Kempf, 1972b: 174; Smith, 1979: 1340; Bolton, 1995b: 302; MacKay & MacKay, 2010: 374; Marcineiro & Lattke, 2024: 24.
• Senior synonym of Pachycondyla harpax dibullana: Brown, 1950g: 247; Kempf, 1972b: 174; Smith, 1979: 1340; Bolton, 1995b: 302; MacKay & MacKay, 2010: 374; Marcineiro & Lattke, 2024: 24.
• Senior synonym of Pachycondyla harpax irina: Brown, 1950g: 247; Kempf, 1972b: 174; Smith, 1979: 1340; Bolton, 1995b: 306; Marcineiro & Lattke, 2024: 24.
• Senior synonym of Pachycondyla montezumia: Roger, 1862c: 288; Roger, 1863b: 18; Dalla Torre, 1893: 34; Forel, 1895b: 114; Pergande, 1896: 873; Brown, 1950g: 247; Smith, 1958c: 111; Kempf, 1972b: 174; Smith, 1979: 1340; Bolton, 1995b: 302; MacKay & MacKay, 2010: 374; Marcineiro & Lattke, 2024: 24.
• Senior synonym of Pachycondyla orizabana: Dalla Torre, 1893: 34; Forel, 1895b: 114; Pergande, 1896: 873; Brown, 1950g: 247; Kempf, 1972b: 174; Smith, 1979: 1340; Bolton, 1995b: 302; MacKay & MacKay, 2010: 374; Marcineiro & Lattke, 2024: 24.

Junior synonyms

• Pachycondyla amplinoda (Buckley, 1866)
  Obsolete combination(s): Ponera amplinoda
• Pachycondyla harpax concinna Wheeler, 1925
• Pachycondyla harpax dibullana Forel, 1901
• Pachycondyla harpax irina Wheeler, 1925
• Pachycondyla montezumia Smith, 1858
• Pachycondyla orizabana Norton, 1868

Obsolete combinations

• Formica harpax

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