• [Harpegnathos description duplicated in Jerdon, 1854b: 100.]
• Harpegnathos in Odontomachidae: Smith, 1871b: 320.
• Harpegnathos in Ponerinae: Emery, 1896e: 177 [Ponerinae].
• Harpegnathos in Ponerinae, Ponerini: Wheeler, 1910a: 135; Emery, 1911e: 58 [subtribe Harpegnathini]; Forel, 1917: 237 [subtribe Harpegnathini]; Wheeler, 1922: 646; subsequent authors; Bolton, 1995b: 31; Bolton, 2003: 44, 162.
• Harpegnathos in Ponerinae, Ponerini, Harpegnathos genus group: Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014: 53.
• Harpegnathos as subgenus of Drepanognathus: Smith, 1871b: 320.
• Harpegnathos as junior synonym of Drepanognathus: Mayr, 1863a: 408; Dalla Torre, 1893: 22; Bingham, 1903: 49.
• [Note: Mayr, 1863a, Dalla Torre, 1893, Bingham, 1903 give Drepanognathus as senior synonym, but Harpegnathos has priority.]
• Harpegnathos as senior synonym of Drepanognathus: Roger, 1861a: 32; Roger, 1863b: 22; Forel, 1893b: 166; Forel, 1900d: 63; Emery, 1911e: 58; subsequent authors; Bolton, 1995b: 27; Bolton, 2003: 162; Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014: 54.
• Harpegnathos as genus: Emery, 1896e: 177; Emery, 1911e: 58; Forel, 1917: 237; subsequent authors; Bolton, 2003: 162; Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014: 54.
• [Hapegnathus: incorrect subsequent spelling by Roger, 1863b: 22; Dalla Torre, 1893: 22.]

Junior synonyms

• Drepanognathus Smith, 1858

Obsolete classifications

• Drepanognathus (Harpegnathos)

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