• Lioponera in Ponerinae: Dalla Torre, 1893: 17 [Ponerinae].
• Lioponera in Pachycondylinae, Lioponerini: Ashmead, 1905c: 382.
• Lioponera in Ponerinae, Cerapachyini: Forel, 1893b: 162; Forel, 1900f: 329; Wheeler, 1910a: 137; Emery, 1911e: 11; Forel, 1917: 239.
• Lioponera in Dorylinae, Cerapachyini: Emery, 1895l: 765.
• Lioponera in Cerapachyinae, Cerapachyini: Wheeler, 1902e: 185; Wheeler, 1922: 639; Donisthorpe, 1943g: 657.
• Lioponera in Dorylinae: Emery, 1896e: 175 [Dorylinae]; Brady et al., 2014: 4 (in figure); Borowiec, 2016: 156.
• Lioponera as subgenus of Cerapachys: Forel, 1892o: 244 (in key).
• Lioponera as junior synonym of Cerapachys: Brown, 1975: 19; Ogata, 1987a: 129; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 10; Bolton, 1995b: 34; Tang et al., 1995: 25; Bolton, 2003: 140.
• Lioponera as genus: Mayr, 1879: 666; Dalla Torre, 1893: 17; Emery, 1896e: 175; Forel, 1900f: 329; Bingham, 1903: 26; Emery, 1911e: 11; Wheeler, 1922: 639; Donisthorpe, 1943g: 657; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 21; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1985b: 256; Borowiec, 2016: 156.
• Lioponera as senior synonym of Neophyracaces: Borowiec, 2016: 156.
• Lioponera as senior synonym of Phyracaces: Borowiec, 2016: 156.

Junior synonyms

• Neophyracaces Clark, 1941
• Phyracaces Emery, 1902

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