• Arnold, 1915: 104 (q.m.)
• Status as species: Forel, 1913k: 203; Arnold, 1915: 103 (redescription); Forel, 1916: 400; Wheeler, 1922: 99, 791; Bernard, 1953b: 211; Brown, 1978c: 556, 603; Bolton, 1995b: 63; Hita Garcia et al., 2013: 219.
• Senior synonym of Anochetus bequaerti abstracta: Brown, 1978c: 556; Bolton, 1995b: 63.
• Senior synonym of Anochetus estus: Brown, 1978c: 556; Bolton, 1995b: 63.
• Senior synonym of Anochetus opaciventris: Brown, 1978c: 556; Bolton, 1995b: 63.

Junior synonyms

• Anochetus bequaerti abstracta Santschi, 1914
• Anochetus estus Wheeler, 1922
• Anochetus opaciventris Wheeler, 1922

Citations

• Arnold, G. 1915. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part I. Ponerinae, Dorylinae. Annals of the South African Museum 14:1-159. PDF
• Bernard, F. 1953b ("1952"). La réserve naturelle intégrale du Mt Nimba. XI. Hyménoptères Formicidae. Mémoires de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire 19:165-270. PDF
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Brown, W. L., Jr. 1978c. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. Part VI. Ponerinae, tribe Ponerini, subtribe Odontomachiti. Section B. Genus Anochetus and bibliography. Studia Entomologica 20:549-638. PDF
• Forel, A. 1913b. Formicides du Congo Belge récoltés par MM. Bequaert, Luja, etc. Revue Zoologique Africaine (Brussels) 2:306-351. PDF
• Forel, A. 1913k. Ameisen aus Rhodesia, Kapland usw. (Hym.) gesammelt von Herrn G. Arnold, Dr. H. Brauns und Anderen. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1913(Suppl.):203-225. PDF
• Forel, A. 1916. Fourmis du Congo et d'autres provenances récoltées par MM. Hermann Kohl, Luja, Mayné, etc. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 24:397-460. PDF
• Hita Garcia, F.; Wiesel, E.; Fischer, G. 2013. The ants of Kenya (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)—faunal overview, first species checklist, bibliography, accounts for all genera, and discussion on taxonomy and zoogeography. Journal of East African Natural History 101 (2):127-222. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.