• [Misspelled as janneli by Santschi, 1926b: 244.]
• Subspecies of Cataulacus pygmaeus: Santschi, 1916b: 506; Wheeler, 1922: 916; Emery, 1924f: 297.
• Junior synonym of Cataulacus brevisetosus: Bolton, 1974a: 31
• Status as species: Santschi, 1924b: 220; Santschi, 1926b: 244; Bolton, 1982: 356 (in key), 358; Bolton, 1995b: 138; Hita Garcia et al., 2013: 209.
• Senior synonym of Cataulacus pygmaeus degener: Bolton, 1982: 358; Bolton, 1995b: 138.
• Senior synonym of Cataulacus jeanneli loveridgei: Bolton, 1982: 358; Bolton, 1995b: 138.

Junior synonyms

• Cataulacus jeanneli loveridgei Santschi, 1926
• Cataulacus pygmaeus degener Santschi, 1916

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1974a. A revision of the Palaeotropical arboreal ant genus Cataulacus F. Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 30:1-105. PDF
• Bolton, B. 1982. Afrotropical species of the myrmicine ant genera Cardiocondyla, Leptothorax, Melissotarsus, Messor and Cataulacus (Formicidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 45:307-370. PDF
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Emery, C. 1924f ("1922"). Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [concl.]. Genera Insectorum 174C:207-397. PDF
• 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. 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. 1916b ("1915"). Descriptions de fourmis nouvelles d'Afrique et d'Amérique. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 84:497-513. PDF
• Santschi, F. 1924b. Descriptions de nouveaux Formicides africains et notes diverses. II. Revue Zoologique Africaine (Brussels) 12:195-224. PDF
• Santschi, F. 1926b. Description de nouveaux Formicides éthiopiens (IIIme partie). Revue Zoologique Africaine (Brussels) 13:207-267. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.