Cerapachys rufithorax Wheeler & Chapman, 1925: 50, pl. 1, figs. 5-7 (w.) PHILIPPINES (Negros). Indomalaya.

Primary type information: Primary type material: >40 syntype workers. Primary type locality: Philippines: Negros, Negros Oriental Prov., Dumaguete, Horns of Negros, 450 m. (J.W. Chapman). Primary type depositories: MCZC, NHMB. Type notes: Baroni Urbani, 1973b: 124, cites 2 worker syntypes in NHMB.