• Lectotype designation: Taylor & Alpert, 2016: 514.
• Status as species: Emery, 1912b: 94; Wheeler, 1919j: 179 (redescription); Emery, 1921c: 20; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 114; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1953d: 186; Gregg, 1958: 119; Kusnezov, 1960a: 126; Bolton, 1995b: 258; Taylor & Alpert, 2016: 513 (redescription); Wang et al., 2019: 140 (in key); Dias et al., 2020: 77.
• Senior synonym of Metapone johni: Taylor & Alpert, 2016: 513

Junior synonyms

• Metapone johni Karavaiev, 1933

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Chapman, J. W.; Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monographs of the Institute of Science and Technology. Manila 1:1-327. PDF
• Dias, R. K. S.; Guénard, B.; Akbar, S. A.; Economo, E. P.; Udayakantha, W. S.; Wachkoo, A. A. 2020. The ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Sri Lanka: a taxonomic research summary and updated checklist. ZooKeys 967:1-142. 10.3897/zookeys.967.54432 PDF
• Emery, C. 1912b. Études sur les Myrmicinae. [I-IV.]. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 56:94-105. PDF
• Emery, C. 1921c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174A:1-94 + 7 plates. PDF
• Forel, A. 1911l. Sur le genre Metapone n. g. nouveau groupe des Formicides et sur quelques autres formes nouvelles. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 19:445-459. PDF
• Gregg, R. E. 1958. Two new species of Metapone from Madagascar (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 60:111-121. PDF
• Kusnezov, N. 1960a ("1959"). La posición sistemática del género Metapone Forel (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Acta Zoologica Lilloana 18:119-126. PDF
• Taylor, R. W.; Alpert, G. D. 2016. The myrmicine ant genus Metapone Forel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): a global taxonomic review with descriptions of twelve new species. Zootaxa 4105 (6):501-545. 10.11646/zootaxa.4105.6.1 PDF
• Wang, W. Y.; Yamada, A.; Eguchi, K. 2019. Discovery of a new ant species of the elusive termitophilous genus Metapone in Singapore (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae), with the first detailed description of male genitalia of the genus. ZooKeys 876:125-141. 10.3897/zookeys.876.35739 PDF
• Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1953d. The ant larvae of the myrmicine tribes Melissotarsini, Metaponini, Myrmicariini, and Cardiocondylini. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 43:185-189. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1919j. The ants of the genus Metapone Forel. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 12:173-191. PDF