• Combination in Lepisiota: Bolton, 1995b: 228.
• Status as species: Wheeler, 1922: 940; Emery, 1925d: 27; Santschi, 1935a: 275; Prins, 1963: 105; Bolton, 1995b: 228.

Obsolete combinations

• Acantholepis submetallica

Citations

• Arnold, G. 1920a. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part IV. Myrmicinae. Annals of the South African Museum 14:403-578. PDF
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183:1-302. PDF
• Prins, A. J. 1963. A list of the ants collected in the Kruger National Park with notes on their distribution. Koedoe 6:91-108. PDF
• Santschi, F. 1935a. Fourmis du Musée du Congo Belge. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines 27:254-285. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.