• Santschi, 1910c: 390 (q.); Wheeler, 1922: 199 (m.)
• Status as species: Smith, 1858a: 196; Smith, 1862d: 414; Mayr, 1863a: 403; Roger, 1863b: 39; Dalla Torre, 1893: 138; Mayr, 1895: 129; André, 1895a: 4; Santschi, 1910c: 390; Forel, 1910f: 421; Forel, 1911g: 263; Santschi, 1914d: 373; Forel, 1916: 427; Wheeler, 1922: 199, 913; Santschi, 1924b: 217; Emery, 1924f: 296; Santschi, 1939c: 10; Bolton, 1974a: 55 (redescription); Bolton, 1982: 356 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 138; Hita Garcia et al., 2013: 209.
• Senior synonym of Cataulacus guineensis alenensis: Bolton, 1974a: 55; Bolton, 1995b: 138.
• Senior synonym of Cataulacus guineensis fernandensis: Bolton, 1974a: 55; Bolton, 1995b: 138.
• Senior synonym of Cataulacus parallelus: Bolton, 1974a: 55; Bolton, 1995b: 138.
• Senior synonym of Cataulacus sulcatus: Forel, 1910f: 421; Bolton, 1974a: 55; Bolton, 1995b: 138.
• Senior synonym of Cataulacus sulcinodis: Bolton, 1974a: 55; Bolton, 1995b: 138.

Junior synonyms

• Cataulacus guineensis alenensis Stitz, 1910
  Obsolete combination(s): Cataulacus sulcatus alenensis
• Cataulacus guineensis fernandensis Stitz, 1910
  Obsolete combination(s): Cataulacus sulcatus fernandensis
• Cataulacus parallelus Smith, 1853
• Cataulacus sulcatus Stitz, 1910
• Cataulacus sulcinodis Emery, 1892
  Obsolete combination(s): Cataulacus guineensis sulcinodis

Citations

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