• Arnold, 1915: 52 (m.).
• Combination in Ophthalmopone: Emery, 1902c: 30.
• Combination in Pachycondyla: Brown, 1995a: 306.
• Combination in Ophthalmopone: Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014: 124.
• Status as species: Emery, 1890b: 72 (in key); Dalla Torre, 1893: 34; Emery, 1911e: 70; Arnold, 1915: 52 (redescription); Wheeler, 1922: 768; Santschi, 1930b: 54; Bolton, 1995b: 306.
• Senior synonym of Ophthalmopone lanceolata: Emery, 1902c: 30; Wheeler, 1922: 768; Bolton, 1995b: 306.

Junior synonyms

• Ophthalmopone lanceolata Mayr, 1895
  Obsolete combination(s): Pachycondyla lanceolata

Obsolete combinations

• Pachycondyla hottentota

Citations

• Arnold, G. 1915. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part I. Ponerinae, Dorylinae. Annals of the South African Museum 14:1-159. PDF
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Brown, W. L., Jr. 1995a. [Untitled. Taxonomic changes in Pachycondyla and Neoponera attributed to Brown.]. Pp. 302-311 in: Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Dalla Torre, K. W. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. PDF
• Emery, C. 1886b. Alcune formiche africane. Bullettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 18:355-366. PDF
• Emery, C. 1890b. Voyage de M. E. Simon au Venezuela (Décembre 1887 - Avril 1888). Formicides. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (6)10:55-76. PDF
• Emery, C. 1902c. Note mirmecologiche. Rendiconti delle Sessioni della Reale Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna (n.s.)6:22-34.
• Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118:1-125. PDF
• Santschi, F. 1930b. Résultats de la Mission scientifique suisse en Angola, 1928-1929. Formicides de l'Angola. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 37:53-81. PDF
• Schmidt, C. A.; Shattuck, S. O. 2014. The higher classification of the ant subfamily Ponerinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a review of ponerine ecology and behavior. Zootaxa 3817 (1):1-242. 10.11646/zootaxa.3817.1.1 PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.