• [Misspelled as caffra by Santschi, 1914d: 315.]
• Forel, 1913a: 108 (w.); Arnold, 1915: 65 (w.m.); Emery, 1899f: 5 (l.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1971b: 1206 (l.)
• Combination in Euponera (Mesoponera): Emery, 1901b: 46; Arnold, 1915: 65; Wheeler, 1922: 775.
• Combination in Euponera (Brachyponera): Santschi, 1910c: 350.
• Combination in Pachycondyla: Brown, 1995a: 303.
• Combination in Mesoponera: Wheeler & Wheeler, 1971b: 1206; Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014: 110.
• Status as species: Roger, 1860: 285; Roger, 1863b: 16; Mayr, 1863a: 447; Mayr, 1886c: 358; Dalla Torre, 1893: 38; Mayr, 1895: 124; Santschi, 1910c: 350; Emery, 1911e: 81; Forel, 1913a: 108; Santschi, 1914d: 315; Arnold, 1915: 65 (redescription); Wheeler, 1922: 775; Arnold, 1926: 202; Santschi, 1930a: 54; Menozzi, 1933a: 97; Santschi, 1935b: 260 (in key); Bernard, 1953b: 190; Prins, 1963: 99; Bolton, 1995b: 303; Zhou & Ran, 2010: 107; Hita Garcia et al., 2013: 220.
• Senior synonym of Mesoponera guineensis: Mayr, 1895: 125; Emery, 1911e: 81; Wheeler, 1922: 775; Bolton, 1995b: 303.

Junior synonyms

• Mesoponera guineensis (André, 1890)
  Obsolete combination(s): Ponera guineensis

Obsolete combinations

• Euponera caffraria
• Ponera caffraria

Citations

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