• Bolton, 1981a: 65 (q.)
• Status as species: Bolton, 1981a: 65 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 83; Hita Garcia et al., 2013: 208.
• Senior synonym of Calyptomyrmex cataractae: Bolton, 1981a: 65; Bolton, 1995b: 83.
• Senior synonym of Calyptomyrmex cataractae litoralis: Bolton, 1981a: 65; Bolton, 1995b: 83.
• Senior synonym of Calyptomyrmex punctatus: Bolton, 1981a: 65; Bolton, 1995b: 83.

Junior synonyms

• Calyptomyrmex cataractae Arnold, 1926
• Calyptomyrmex cataractae litoralis Arnold, 1948
• Calyptomyrmex punctatus Weber, 1952

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1981a. A revision of the ant genera Meranoplus F. Smith, Dicroaspis Emery and Calyptomyrmex Emery (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Ethiopian zoogeographical region. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 42:43-81. PDF
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• 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
• Santschi, F. 1923e. Descriptions de nouveaux Formicides éthiopiens et notes diverses. I. Revue Zoologique Africaine (Brussels) 11:259-295. PDF