• Combination in Phyracaces: Emery, 1902c: 24.
• Combination in Cerapachys: Brown, 1975: 23.
• Combination in Lioponera: Borowiec, 2016: 164.
• Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 17; Emery, 1899e: 264; Emery, 1911e: 11; Wheeler, 1922: 1005; Brown, 1975: 23, 64; Bolton, 1995b: 143.
• Senior synonym of Lioponera brachynoda: Brown, 1975: 23; Bolton, 1995b: 143.

Junior synonyms

• Lioponera brachynoda (Forel, 1892)
  Obsolete combination(s): Cerapachys mayri brachynodus, Lioponera mayri brachynoda, Phyracaces brachynodus

Obsolete combinations

• Cerapachys mayri

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Borowiec, M. L. 2016. Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dorylinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 608:1-280. 10.3897/zookeys.608.9427 PDF
• Brown, W. L., Jr. 1975. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. V. Ponerinae, tribes Platythyreini, Cerapachyini, Cylindromyrmecini, Acanthostichini, and Aenictogitini. Search. Agriculture (Ithaca, New York) 5(1):1-115. PDF
• Dalla Torre, K. W. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. PDF
• Emery, C. 1899e. Formiche di Madagascar raccolte dal Sig. A. Mocquerys nei pressi della Baia di Antongil (1897-1898). Bullettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 31:263-290. 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
• Forel, A. 1892o. Les Formicides. [concl.]. In: Grandidier, A. 1892. Histoire physique, naturelle, et politique de Madagascar. Volume XX. Histoire naturelle des Hyménoptères. Deuxième partie. Supplèment au 28e fascicule. Paris: Hachette et Cie, pp. 229-280. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.