• Status as species: Emery, 1911e: 58; Santschi, 1914d: 313; Wheeler, 1922: 762; Menozzi, 1933a: 96; Bolton, 1995b: 140; Bolton & Fisher, 2008c: 22 (redescription); Hita Garcia et al., 2013: 219.
• Senior synonym of Centromyrmex arnoldi: Bolton & Fisher, 2008c: 22.
• Senior synonym of Centromyrmex congolensis: Bolton & Fisher, 2008c: 23.
• Senior synonym of Centromyrmex constanciae: Bolton & Fisher, 2008c: 22.
• Senior synonym of Centromyrmex arnoldi guineensis: Bolton & Fisher, 2008c: 23.

Junior synonyms

• Centromyrmex arnoldi Santschi, 1919
• Centromyrmex arnoldi guineensis Bernard, 1953
• Centromyrmex congolensis Weber, 1949
• Centromyrmex constanciae Arnold, 1915

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Bolton, B.; Fisher, B. L. 2008c. Afrotropical ants of the ponerine genera Centromyrmex Mayr, Promyopias Santschi gen. rev. and Feroponera gen. n., with a revised key to genera of African Ponerinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 1929:1-37. PDF
• Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118:1-125. 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
• Mayr, G. 1896. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Insektenfauna von Kamerun. 5. Formiciden gesammelt von Herrn Yngve Sjöstedt. Entomologisk Tidskrift 17:225-252. PDF
• Menozzi, C. 1933a. Raccolte mirmecologiche dell'Africa orientale conservate nel Museo Civico di Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria" di Genova. II. Formiche dell'Uganda e delle isole Sesse raccolte dal Dr. E. Bayon. [concl.]. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria" 56:113-114.
• Santschi, F. 1914d. Formicides de l'Afrique occidentale et australe du voyage de Mr. le Professeur F. Silvestri. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della Reale Scuola Superiore d'Agricoltura. Portici 8:309-385. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.