• Crawley, 1924a: 399 (w.)
• Combination in Atopula: Emery, 1924f: 243.
• Combination in Paratopula: Wheeler, 1919f: 144; Bolton, 1988b: 141.
• Subspecies of Paratopula ceylonica: Wheeler, 1919f: 144; Emery, 1924f: 243; Crawley, 1924a: 399; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 119; Baltazar, 1966: 254.
• Status as species: Bolton, 1988b: 141 (redescription, nomen dubium); Bolton, 1995b: 312.

Obsolete combinations

• Atopula ceylonica sumatrensis

Citations

• Baltazar, C. R. 1966. A catalogue of Philippine Hymenoptera (with a bibliography, 1758-1963). Pacific Insects Monograph 8:1-488. PDF
• Bolton, B. 1988b. A review of Paratopula Wheeler, a forgotten genus of myrmicine ants (Hym., Formicidae). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 124:125-143. PDF
• 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
• Crawley, W. C. 1924a. Ants from Sumatra, with biological notes by Edward Jacobson. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)13:380-409. PDF
• Emery, C. 1924f ("1922"). Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [concl.]. Genera Insectorum 174C:207-397. PDF
• Forel, A. 1913l. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise nach Ostindien ausgeführt im Auftrage der Kgl. Preuss. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin von H. v. Buttel-Reepen. II. Ameisen aus Sumatra, Java, Malacca und Ceylon. Gesammelt von Herrn Prof. Dr. v. Buttel-Reepen in den Jahren 1911-1912. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 36:1-148. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1919f. The ants of Borneo. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 63:43-147. PDF