• Forel, 1916: 427 (q.m.)
• As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Wheeler, 1922: 916; Emery, 1924f: 297.
• Subspecies of Cataulacus pygmaeus: Santschi, 1916b: 506 (footnote).
• Subspecies of Cataulacus lujae: Santschi, 1924b: 219.
• Status as species: Forel, 1916: 427; Bolton, 1974a: 39 (redescription); Bolton, 1982: 357 (in key), 358; Bolton, 1995b: 139.
• Senior synonym of Cataulacus jeanneli aethiops: Bolton, 1982: 358; Bolton, 1995b: 139.
• Senior synonym of Cataulacus traegaordhi plectroniae: Bolton, 1974a: 39; Bolton, 1995b: 139.

Junior synonyms

• Cataulacus jeanneli aethiops Santschi, 1924
• Cataulacus traegaordhi plectroniae Wheeler, 1922

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1974a. A revision of the Palaeotropical arboreal ant genus Cataulacus F. Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 30:1-105. PDF
• Bolton, B. 1982. Afrotropical species of the myrmicine ant genera Cardiocondyla, Leptothorax, Melissotarsus, Messor and Cataulacus (Formicidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 45:307-370. PDF
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Emery, C. 1924f ("1922"). Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [concl.]. Genera Insectorum 174C:207-397. PDF
• Forel, A. 1916. Fourmis du Congo et d'autres provenances récoltées par MM. Hermann Kohl, Luja, Mayné, etc. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 24:397-460. PDF
• Santschi, F. 1913c. Glanures de fourmis africaines. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 57:302-314. PDF
• Santschi, F. 1916b ("1915"). Descriptions de fourmis nouvelles d'Afrique et d'Amérique. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 84:497-513. PDF
• Santschi, F. 1924b. Descriptions de nouveaux Formicides africains et notes diverses. II. Revue Zoologique Africaine (Brussels) 12:195-224. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.