• Lectotype designation: Fisher & Smith, 2008: 12.
• [Misspelled as madagascariensis by Forel, 1891c: 107, and others.]
• Fisher & Smith, 2008: 12 (q.m.).
• Subspecies of Anochetus africanus: Forel, 1891c: 107; Dalla Torre, 1893: 47; Mayr, 1897: 426 (footnote); Forel, 1904c: 369; Forel, 1907i: 75; Emery, 1911e: 108; Wheeler, 1922: 1012.
• Status as species: Brown, 1978c: 557, 602; Bolton, 1995b: 64; Dorow, 1996a: 75; Fisher & Smith, 2008: 12 (redescription); Vankerkhoven et al., 2010: 216 (in copal).
• Senior synonym of Anochetus africanus friederichsi: Brown, 1978c: 557; Bolton, 1995b: 64; Fisher & Smith, 2008: 12.

Junior synonyms

• Anochetus africanus friederichsi Forel, 1918

Obsolete combinations

• Anochetus africanus madagascarensis

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
• Dalla Torre, K. W. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. PDF
• Dorow, W. H. O. 1996a. Review and bibliography of the ants of the Seychelles (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of African Zoology 110:73-96. PDF
• Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118:1-125. PDF
• Fisher, B. L.; Smith, M. A. 2008. A revision of Malagasy species of Anochetus Mayr and Odontomachus Latreille (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). PLoS ONE 3 (5):e1787. 10.1371/journal.pone.0001787 PDF
• Forel, A. 1887. Fourmis récoltées à Madagascar par le Dr. Conrad Keller. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 7:381-389. PDF
• Forel, A. 1891c. Les Formicides. [part]. In: Grandidier, A. 1891. Histoire physique, naturelle, et politique de Madagascar. Volume XX. Histoire naturelle des Hyménoptères. Deuxième partie (28e fascicule). Paris: Hachette et Cie, v + 237 pp. PDF
• Forel, A. 1904c ("1903"). Note sur les fourmis du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences à St. Pétersbourg. Ezhegodnik Zoologicheskago Muzeya 8:368-388. PDF
• Forel, A. 1907i. Ameisen von Madagaskar, den Comoren und Ostafrika. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse. Reise in Ostafrika 2:75-92. PDF
• Mayr, G. 1897. Formiciden aus Ceylon und Singapur. Természetrajzi Füzetek 20:420-436. PDF
• Vankerkhoven, F.; Henderickx, H.; Dekoninck, W. 2010. Anochetus madagascarensis Forel, 1887 found in Madagascan copal (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin de la Société Royale Belge d'Entomologie 146:216-219. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.