• [Justified emendation of spelling to Heteroponera brounii: Forel, 1905d: 353; Wheeler, 1923f: 184.]
• Combination in Acanthoponera: Forel, 1905d: 353.
• Combination in Acanthoponera (Anacanthoponera): Wheeler, 1923f: 183.
• Combination in Heteroponera: Brown, 1957k: 112.
• Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 23; Forel, 1905d: 353; Emery, 1911e: 36; Wheeler, 1923f: 183; Wheeler, 1935g: 10; Brown, 1958g: 195, 262; Brown, 1958h: 17; Wilson & Taylor, 1967b: 102; Taylor, 1987a: 29; Bolton, 1995b: 212; Don, 2007: 60; Camacho et al., 2022: 14.
• Senior synonym of Heteroponera brounii kirki: Brown, 1958g: 195; Brown, 1958h: 18; Taylor, 1987a: 29; Bolton, 1995b: 212.

Junior synonyms

• Heteroponera brounii kirki (Wheeler, 1923)
  Obsolete combination(s): Acanthoponera brounii kirki

Obsolete combinations

• Acanthoponera brounii
• Ectatomma brounii

Citations

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