• Combination in Plagiolepis (Anoplolepis): Wheeler, 1922: 932.
• Combination in Anoplolepis (Anoplolepis): Emery, 1925d: 17.
• Subspecies of Anoplolepis custodiens: Forel, 1892e: 350; Dalla Torre, 1893: 172; Wheeler, 1922: 932; Emery, 1925d: 17; Bolton, 1995b: 67.

Obsolete combinations

• Plagiolepis custodiens detrita

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Dalla Torre, K. W. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. PDF
• Emery, C. 1892. Sopra alcune formiche raccolte dall'Ingegnere L. Bricchetti Robecchi nel paese dei Somali. Dummy reference. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale 32[=(2)12]:110-122.
• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183:1-302. PDF
• Forel, A. 1892e. Liste der aus dem Somaliland von Hrn. Prof. Dr. Conr. Keller aus der Expedition des Prinzen Ruspoli im August und September 1891 zurückgebrachten Ameisen. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 8:349-354. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.