• Lectotype designation: Fisher & Smith, 2008: 8.
• Fisher & Smith, 2008: 10 (q.m.).
• Senior synonym of Anochetus madecassus: Brown, 1978c: 557; Bolton, 1995b: 64; Fisher & Smith, 2008: 8.
• Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 48; Emery, 1911e: 109; Wheeler, 1922: 791, 1013; Brown, 1978c: 557, 606; Bolton, 1995b: 64; Fisher & Smith, 2008: 8 (redescription).

Junior synonyms

• Anochetus madecassus Santschi, 1928

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Brown, W. L., Jr. 1978c. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. Part VI. Ponerinae, tribe Ponerini, subtribe Odontomachiti. Section B. Genus Anochetus and bibliography. Studia Entomologica 20:549-638. PDF
• Dalla Torre, K. W. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. PDF
• Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118:1-125. PDF
• Fisher, B. L.; Smith, M. A. 2008. A revision of Malagasy species of Anochetus Mayr and Odontomachus Latreille (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). PLoS ONE 3 (5):e1787. 10.1371/journal.pone.0001787 PDF
• Forel, A. 1891c. Les Formicides. [part]. In: Grandidier, A. 1891. Histoire physique, naturelle, et politique de Madagascar. Volume XX. Histoire naturelle des Hyménoptères. Deuxième partie (28e fascicule). Paris: Hachette et Cie, v + 237 pp. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.