• [Unresolved junior primary homonym of Streblognathus aethiopicus Smith, 1858a (Bolton, 1995b: 213).]
• Combination in Hypoponera: Bolton, 1995b: 213
• Subspecies of Hypoponera gleadowi: Emery, 1911e: 91; Arnold, 1915: 83; Wheeler, 1922: 781.
• Status as species: Bernard, 1953b: 199 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 213.
• Junior synonym of Hypoponera ragusai: Bolton & Fisher, 2011: 94

Obsolete combinations

• Hypoponera gleadowi aethiopica
• Ponera gleadowi aethiopica

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
• Bernard, F. 1953b ("1952"). La réserve naturelle intégrale du Mt Nimba. XI. Hyménoptères Formicidae. Mémoires de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire 19:165-270. PDF
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Bolton, B.; Fisher, B. L. 2011. Taxonomy of Afrotropical and West Palaearctic ants of the ponerine genus Hypoponera Santschi (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 2843:1-118. PDF
• Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118:1-125. PDF
• Forel, A. 1907f. Fourmis d'Ethiopie récoltées par M. le baron Maurice de Rothschild en 1905. Revue d'Entomologie (Caen) 26:129-144. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.