• Santschi, 1937a: 61 (q.)
• Status as species: Arnold, 1917: 401; Wheeler, 1922: 917; Emery, 1924f: 297; Santschi, 1937a: 61; Bolton, 1974a: 51 (redescription); Bolton, 1982: 357 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 139; Hita Garcia et al., 2013: 209.
• Senior synonym of Cataulacus micans durbanensis: Bolton, 1974a: 51; Bolton, 1995b: 139.
• Senior synonym of Cataulacus wissmannii linearis: Bolton, 1974a: 51; Bolton, 1995b: 139.
• Senior synonym of Cataulacus wissmannii otii: Bolton, 1974a: 51; Bolton, 1995b: 139.

Junior synonyms

• Cataulacus micans durbanensis Forel, 1914
• Cataulacus wissmannii linearis Santschi, 1914
• Cataulacus wissmannii otii Forel, 1901
  Obsolete combination(s): Cataulacus otii

Citations

• Arnold, G. 1917. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part III. Myrmicinae. Annals of the South African Museum 14:271-402. PDF
• 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. 1894b. Abessinische und andere afrikanische Ameisen, gesammelt von Herrn Ingenieur Alfred Ilg, von Herrn Dr. Liengme, von Herrn Pfarrer Missionar P. Berthoud, Herrn Dr. Arth. Müller etc. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 9:64-100. PDF
• Hita Garcia, F.; Wiesel, E.; Fischer, G. 2013. The ants of Kenya (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)—faunal overview, first species checklist, bibliography, accounts for all genera, and discussion on taxonomy and zoogeography. Journal of East African Natural History 101 (2):127-222. PDF
• Santschi, F. 1937a. Glanure de fourmis éthiopiennes. Bulletin et Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 77:47-66. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.