• Prins, 1982: 222 (q.).
• Combination in Anoplolepis (Anoplolepis): Emery, 1925d: 18.
• Combination in Anoplolepis (Zealleyella): Santschi, 1926a: 14.
• Status as species: Arnold, 1922: 594; Wheeler, 1922: 933; Emery, 1925d: 18; Kutter, 1968c: 206; Prins, 1982: 222 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 67; Bolton, 2003: 267.

Obsolete combinations

• Plagiolepis nuptialis

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.
• Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and classification of Formicidae. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 71:1-370. PDF
• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183:1-302. PDF
• Kutter, H. 1968c ("1967"). Liste sozialparasitischer Ameisen. Archives. Institut Grand-Ducal de Luxembourg (n.s.)33:201-210.
• 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. 1917b ("1916"). Fourmis nouvelles de la Colonie du Cap, du Natal et de Rhodesia. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 85:279-296. PDF
• Santschi, F. 1926a. Trois notes myrmécologiques. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 95:13-28. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.