• Renea as genus: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 77.
• Renea as junior synonym of Prionopelta: Brown, 1953c: 11; Smith, 1979: 1335; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 10; Bolton, 1995b: 45; Bolton, 2003: 154.

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