• [Also described as new by Forel, 1922b: 88.]
• Combination in Pachycondyla (Bothroponera): Emery, 1901b: 46.
• Combination in Bothroponera: Joma & Mackay, 2013: 2; Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014: 77.
• Subspecies of Bothroponera sulcata: Bingham, 1903: 99; Emery, 1911e: 78; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 51, 73 (combinations in Bothroponera, Ponera, respectively); Bolton, 1995b: 310; Bharti et al., 2016: 49.

Obsolete combinations

• Pachycondyla sulcata sulcatotesserinoda
• Ponera sulcata sulcatotesserinoda

Citations

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