• Subspecies of Anochetus cato: Wheeler, 1935g: 15.
• Status as species: Wilson, 1959c: 508; Taylor, 1976a: 80; Brown, 1978c: 557, 585; Bolton, 1995b: 64; Shattuck & Slipinska, 2012: 13 (redescription); Zettel, 2012: 158 (in key); Sarnat et al., 2013: 73.
• Senior synonym of Anochetus rossi Donisthorpe, 1949c: Brown, 1978c: 557; Bolton, 1995b: 64; Shattuck & Slipinska, 2012: 13.
• Senior synonym of Anochetus splendens: Brown, 1978c: 557; Bolton, 1995b: 64; Shattuck & Slipinska, 2012: 13.

Junior synonyms

• Anochetus rossi Donisthorpe, 1949
• Anochetus splendens Karavaiev, 1925

Obsolete combinations

• Anochetus cato isolatus

Citations

• Baroni Urbani, C. 1973b. Katalog der Typen von Formicidae (Hymenoptera) der Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums Basel. Mitteilungen der Entomologischen Gesellschaft Basel (n.s.)23:122-152.
• 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
• Mann, W. M. 1919. The ants of the British Solomon Islands. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 63:273-391. PDF
• Sarnat, E. M.; Blanchard, B.; Guénard, B.; Fasi, J.; Economo, E. P. 2013. Checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the Solomon Islands and a new survey of Makira Island. ZooKeys 257:47-88. PDF
• Shattuck, S. O.; Slipinska, E. 2012. Revision of the Australian species of the ant genus Anochetus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 3426:1-28. PDF
• Taylor, R. W. 1976a. The ants of Rennell and Bellona Islands. Natural History of Rennell Island, British Solomon Islands 7:73-90.
• Wheeler, W. M. 1935g. Check list of the ants of Oceania. Occasional Papers of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum 11(11):1-56.
• Wilson, E. O. 1959c. Studies on the ant fauna of Melanesia V. The tribe Odontomachini. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 120:483-510. PDF
• Zettel, H. 2012. New trap-jaw ant species of Anochetus Mayr, 1861 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Philippine Islands, a key and notes on other species. Myrmecological News 16:157-167. PDF