• [Acanthomyrmex ferox Emery, 1893a: cclxxvi. Nomen nudum.]
• Moffett, 1986c: 72 (s.q.m.)
• Status as species: Emery, 1900: 678; Emery, 1924f: 235; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 115; Moffett, 1985a: 165; Moffett, 1986c: 70 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 53; Jaitrong & Nabhitabhata, 2005: 10; Pfeiffer et al., 2011: 44; Yamada et al., 2018: 10; Jaitrong & Asanok, 2019: 133 (in key); Khachonpisitsak et al., 2020: 78; Wang et al., 2022: 68.
• Senior synonym of Acanthomyrmex dyak: Moffett, 1986c: 70; Bolton, 1995b: 53.

Junior synonyms

• Acanthomyrmex dyak Wheeler, 1919

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
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• Emery, C. 1893a ("1892"). [Untitled. Introduced by: "M. C. Emery, de Bologne, envoie les diagnoses de cinq nouveaux genres de Formicides".]. Bulletin Bimensuel de la Société Entomologique de France 1892:cclxxv-cclxxvii.
• Emery, C. 1893h. Voyage de M. E. Simon à l'île de Ceylan (janvier-février 1892). Formicides. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 62:239-258. PDF
• Emery, C. 1900. Formiche raccolte da Elio Modigliani in Sumatra, Engano e Mentawei. Dummy reference. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale 40[=(2)20]:661-722.
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