• [Misspelled as bransi by Santschi, 1914b: 123.]
• Combination in Plagiolepis (Anoplolepis): Santschi, 1914b: 123.
• Combination in Plagiolepis (Zealleyella): Arnold, 1922: 592.
• Combination in Anoplolepis (Anoplolepis): Emery, 1925d: 17; Santschi, 1926a: 13.
• Status as species: Arnold, 1922: 592; Wheeler, 1922: 931; Emery, 1925d: 17; Santschi, 1930b: 73.
• Junior synonym of Anoplolepis steingroeveri: Prins, 1982: 217 (in text); Bolton, 1995b: 67.

Obsolete combinations

• Plagiolepis braunsi

Citations

• Arnold, G. 1922. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part V. Myrmicinae. Annals of the South African Museum 14:579-674. PDF
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183:1-302. PDF
• Forel, A. 1913a. Fourmis de Rhodesia, etc. récoltées par M. G. Arnold, le Dr. H. Brauns et K. Fikendey. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 57:108-147. PDF
• Prins, A. J. 1982. Review of Anoplolepis with reference to male genitalia, and notes on Acropyga (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Annals of the South African Museum 89:215-247. PDF
• Santschi, F. 1914b. Voyage de Ch. Alluaud et R. Jeannel en Afrique Orientale, 1911-1912. Résultats scientifiques. Insectes Hyménoptères. II. Formicidae. Paris: Libr. A. Schulz, pp. 41-148. PDF
• Santschi, F. 1926a. Trois notes myrmécologiques. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 95:13-28. PDF
• Santschi, F. 1930b. Résultats de la Mission scientifique suisse en Angola, 1928-1929. Formicides de l'Angola. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 37:53-81. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.