• Bolton, 1981b: 261 (eq.)
• As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Wheeler, 1922: 893; Stitz, 1923: 146.
• Subspecies of Ocymyrmex hirsutus: Santschi, 1915c: 254; Emery, 1924f: 271.
• Status as species: Bolton, 1981b: 268 (redescription); Bolton & Marsh, 1989: 1295; Bolton, 1995b: 294.

Obsolete combinations

• Ocymyrmex hirsutus flaviventris

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1981b. A revision of six minor genera of Myrmicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Ethiopian zoogeographical region. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 43:245-307. PDF
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Bolton, B.; Marsh, A. C. 1989. The Afrotropical thermophilic ant genus Ocymyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Natural History 23:1267-1308. PDF
• Emery, C. 1924f ("1922"). Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [concl.]. Genera Insectorum 174C:207-397. PDF
• Santschi, F. 1914a ("1913"). Mélanges myrmecologiques. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 57:429-437. PDF
• Santschi, F. 1915c. Nouvelles fourmis d'Afrique. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 84:244-282. PDF
• Stitz, H. 1923. Hymenoptera, VII. Formicidae. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Land- und Süsswasserfauna Deutsch-Südwestafrikas 2:143-167.
• Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.