Bolton, 1995b: 302 (as part of Pachycondyla); Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014: 135 (species checklist).
Emery, 1887f: 442 (footnote, as Bothroponera); Eguchi et al., 2014: 40 (diagnosis, Vietnam synopsis); Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014: 132 (diagnosis, synoptic description, distribution, ecology and behavior, phylogenetic and taxonomic considerations); Cantone, 2017: 272 (brief male diagnosis); Heterick, 2021: 212 (Western Australia species key).
Extant: 19 valid species, 10 valid subspecies