• Prionopelta in Ponerinae: Mayr, 1866a: 503 [Poneridae]; Dalla Torre, 1893: 15 [Ponerinae]; Emery, 1896e: 176 [Ponerinae].
• Prionopelta in Amblyoponinae: Forel, 1893b: 162; Forel, 1895b: 110 [Amblyoponeridae].
• Prionopelta in Ponerinae, Proceratiini: Ashmead, 1905c: 382.
• Prionopelta in Ponerinae, Ectatommini: Emery, 1911e: 32 [subtribe Typhlomyrmecini]; Forel, 1917: 236; Wheeler, 1922: 642.
• Prionopelta in Ponerinae, Amblyoponini: Emery, 1895l: 766; Wheeler, 1910a: 134; Brown, 1953c: 11; Brown, 1960a: 173; Kempf, 1972b: 210; Smith, 1979: 1335; subsequent authors; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 10; Bolton, 1995b: 43.
• Prionopelta in Amblyoponinae, Amblyoponini: Bolton, 2003: 42, 156.
• Prionopelta as genus: all authors.
• Prionopelta as senior synonym of Concoctio: Ward & Fisher, 2016: 691.
• Prionopelta as senior synonym of Examblyopone: Brown, 1951: 102; Smith, 1979: 1335; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 10; Bolton, 1995b: 43; Bolton, 2003: 156.
• Prionopelta as senior synonym of Renea: Brown, 1953c: 11; Smith, 1979: 1335; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 10; Bolton, 1995b: 43; Bolton, 2003: 156.

Junior synonyms

• Concoctio Brown, 1974
• Examblyopone Donisthorpe, 1949
• Renea Donisthorpe, 1947

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