• Lectotype designation: Bolton, 1974a: 42.
• Combination in Cataulacus: Mayr, 1886c: 364
• Status as species: Mayr, 1886c: 364; Dalla Torre, 1893: 138; Mayr, 1895: 129; Emery, 1895i: 41; Mayr, 1907b: 14; Arnold, 1917: 391; Wheeler, 1922: 914; Emery, 1924f: 296; Arnold, 1926: 286; Menozzi, 1930b: 112; Menozzi & Consani, 1952: 68; Bolton, 1974a: 43 (redescription); Bolton, 1982: 357, 358 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 138; Hita Garcia et al., 2013: 209.
• Senior synonym of Cataulacus baumi batonga: Bolton, 1974a: 43; Bolton, 1995b: 138.
• Senior synonym of Cataulacus baumi: Bolton, 1974a: 43; Bolton, 1995b: 138.
• Senior synonym of Cataulacus baumi bulawayensis: Bolton, 1995b: 138.
• Senior synonym of Cataulacus johannae densipunctatus: Bolton, 1974a: 43; Bolton, 1995b: 138.
• Senior synonym of Cataulacus foveosquamosus: Bolton, 1974a: 43; Bolton, 1995b: 138.
• Senior synonym of Cataulacus baumi gazanus: Bolton, 1974a: 43; Bolton, 1995b: 138.
• Senior synonym of Cataulacus hararicus: Bolton, 1974a: 43; Bolton, 1995b: 138.
• Senior synonym of Cataulacus intrudens intermedius: Bolton, 1974a: 43; Bolton, 1995b: 138.
• Senior synonym of Cataulacus johannae: Bolton, 1974a: 43; Bolton, 1995b: 138.
• Senior synonym of Cataulacus baumi pseudotrema: Bolton, 1974a: 43; Bolton, 1995b: 138.
• Senior synonym of Cataulacus rugosus: Bolton, 1974a: 43; Bolton, 1995b: 138.
• Senior synonym of Cataulacus rugosus subrugosus: Bolton, 1974a: 43; Bolton, 1995b: 138.
• Senior synonym of Cataulacus umbilicatus: Bolton, 1974a: 43; Bolton, 1995b: 138.
• [Note: Cataulacus intrudens and its current synonyms are best regarded as an unresolved species-complex.]
• Material of the unavailable names Cataulacus rugosus krugeri, Cataulacus baumi pseudotrema tangana referred here by Bolton, 1974a: 43.

Junior synonyms

• Cataulacus baumi Forel, 1901
• Cataulacus baumi batonga Forel, 1913
• Cataulacus baumi bulawayensis Arnold, 1917
• Cataulacus baumi gazanus Santschi, 1928
• Cataulacus baumi pseudotrema Santschi, 1926
• Cataulacus foveosquamosus Santschi, 1937
• Cataulacus hararicus Forel, 1894
• Cataulacus intrudens intermedius Santschi, 1917
• Cataulacus johannae Forel, 1895
• Cataulacus johannae densipunctatus Stitz, 1923
• Cataulacus rugosus Forel, 1894
  Obsolete combination(s): Cataulacus intrudens rugosus
• Cataulacus rugosus subrugosus Santschi, 1914
• Cataulacus umbilicatus Santschi, 1937

Obsolete combinations

• Meranoplus intrudens

Citations

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