• Combination in Hypoponera: Kempf, 1972b: 123.
• Subspecies of Hypoponera opaciceps: Kempf, 1970b: 19; Kempf, 1972b: 123.
• Junior synonym of Hypoponera opacior: Snelling & Hunt, 1976: 66; Snelling & George, 1979: 21; Brandão, 1991: 347; Bolton, 1995b: 213.
• Junior synonym of Hypoponera eduardi: Bolton & Fisher, 2011: 47.

Obsolete combinations

• Ponera opaciceps chilensis

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. 2011. Taxonomy of Afrotropical and West Palaearctic ants of the ponerine genus Hypoponera Santschi (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 2843:1-118. PDF
• Brandão, C. R. F. 1991. Adendos ao catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 35:319-412. PDF
• Forel, A. 1914d. Formicides d'Afrique et d'Amérique nouveaux ou peu connus. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 50:211-288. PDF
• Kempf, W. W. 1970b. Levantamento das formigas da Mata Amazônica, nos Arredores de Belém do Pará, Brasil. Studia Entomologica 13:321-344. PDF
• Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
• Snelling, R. R.; George, C. D. 1979. The taxonomy, distribution and ecology of California desert ants. Report to California Desert Plan Program, Bureau of Land Management. Riverside: U.S. Dept. Interior, 335 + 89 pp.
• Snelling, R. R.; Hunt, J. H. 1976 ("1975"). The ants of Chile (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Revista Chilena de Entomología 9:63-129. PDF