• Smith, 1858a: 109 (q.m.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1952a: 116 (l.); Imai et al., 1977: 347 (k.).
• Status as species: Smith, 1858a: 109; Roger, 1861a: 48; Roger, 1863b: 20; Mayr, 1863a: 394; Mayr, 1886c: 359; Emery, 1887f: 446; Dalla Torre, 1893: 13; André, 1896d: 260; Forel, 1907j: 263; Forel, 1910b: 1; Emery, 1911e: 25; Emery, 1914a: 179; Forel, 1915b: 1; Poulton, 1922: 120; Clark, 1925b: 137; Wheeler, 1927c: 4 (redescription); Clark, 1928c: 39; Clark, 1929b: 121; Wheeler, 1933i: 74; Clark, 1934c: 52; Wilson, 1958c: 142; Brown, 1958h: 13 (redescription); Brown, 1960a: 167, 198; Wilson & Taylor, 1967b: 102; Taylor, 1979: 835; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 19; Taylor, 1987a: 6; Bolton, 1995b: 61; Shattuck & McArthur, 1995: 121; Don, 2007: 50; Heterick, 2009: 132; Sarnat et al., 2013: 69.
• Senior synonym of Amblyopone australis cephalotes: Brown, 1958h: 14; Brown, 1960a: 167; Taylor, 1987a: 7; Bolton, 1995b: 61.
• Senior synonym Amblyopone australis fortis: Brown, 1958h: 13; Brown, 1960a: 167; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 19; Taylor, 1987a: 6; Bolton, 1995b: 61.
• Senior synonym of Amblyopone australis foveolata: Brown, 1958h: 13; Brown, 1960a: 167; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 19; Taylor, 1987a: 6; Bolton, 1995b: 61.
• Senior synonym of Amblyopone australis laevidens: Wilson, 1958c: 142; Brown, 1958h: 13; Brown, 1960a: 167; Bolton, 1995b: 61.
• Senior synonym of Amblyopone cephalotes maculata: Brown, 1958h: 14; Brown, 1960a: 167; Bolton, 1995b: 61.
• Senior synonym of Amblyopone australis minor: Brown, 1958h: 13; Brown, 1960a: 167; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 19; Taylor, 1987a: 6; Bolton, 1995b: 61.
• Senior synonym of Amblyopone nana: Wilson, 1958c: 142; Brown, 1958h: 13; Brown, 1960a: 167; Taylor, 1987a: 7; Bolton, 1995b: 61.
• Senior synonym of Amblyopone australis obscura: Brown, 1958h: 13; Brown, 1960a: 167; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 19; Taylor, 1987a: 6; Bolton, 1995b: 61.
• Material of the unavailable names Amblyopone australis cephalotes howensis, Amblyopone australis cephalotes norfolkensis, Amblyopone australis obscura pallens, Amblyopone australis laevidens queenslandica referred here by: Brown, 1958h: 13; Brown, 1960a: 167; Bolton, 1995b: 61.
• [Note: the four unavailable names above were previously referred to as provisional junior synonyms by Brown, 1958h: 13.]
• Lieberman et al., 2022: 693 (worker mesosoma, metasoma anatomy)

Junior synonyms

• Amblyopone australis cephalotes Smith, 1876
  Obsolete combination(s): Amblyopone cephalotes
• Amblyopone australis fortis Forel, 1910
• Amblyopone australis foveolata Wheeler, 1927
• Amblyopone australis laevidens Emery, 1887
  Obsolete combination(s): Amblyopone laevidens
• Amblyopone australis minor Forel, 1915
  Obsolete combination(s): Amblyopone minor
• Amblyopone australis obscura Smith, 1858
  Obsolete combination(s): Amblyopone obscura
• Amblyopone cephalotes maculata Stitz, 1911
• Amblyopone nana Emery, 1914

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