• [Misspelled as choracea by Ceballos, 1956: 295.]
• Emery, 1869b: 12 (w.); André, 1882d: 243 (m.).
• Combination in Pachycondyla (Pseudoponera): Emery, 1901b: 46.
• Combination in Euponera (Pseudoponera): Emery, 1909d: 364.
• Combination in Euponera (Trachymesopus): Emery, 1911e: 86.
• Combination in Trachymesopus: Kempf, 1960f: 424.
• Combination in Cryptopone: Brown, 1963a: 6.
• Status as species: Smith, 1858a: 83; Roger, 1860: 285; Mayr, 1861: 55; Roger, 1863b: 16; Mayr, 1863a: 449; Emery, 1869b: 12; Dours, 1873: 167; Emery, 1878: 49; Mayr, 1879: 663 (in key); Emery & Forel, 1879: 455; André, 1882d: 241 (in key); Dalla Torre, 1893: 40; Emery, 1895n: 61; Forel, 1895e: 229; Ruzsky, 1905b: 758; Emery, 1909d: 364; Santschi, 1910e: 649; Emery, 1911e: 86; Emery, 1916a: 105; Bondroit, 1918: 81; Müller, 1921: 48; Menozzi, 1922c: 324; Müller, 1923b: 24; Menozzi, 1925d: 24; Vandel, 1926: 196; Karavaiev, 1927a: 282; Arnol'di, 1932b: 52; Grandi, 1935: 98; Menozzi, 1936b: 269; Bernard, 1950a: 2; Consani & Zangheri, 1952: 39; Ceballos, 1956: 295; Pisarski, 1967a: 377; Bernard, 1967a: 83 (redescription); Kutter, 1968b: 59; Collingwood & Yarrow, 1969: 54; Baroni Urbani, 1971c: 13; Kutter, 1977c: 28; Collingwood, 1978: 75 (in key); Arnol'di & Dlussky, 1978: 524 (in key); Collingwood, 1985: 239; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a: 52; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b: 264 (in key); Dlussky et al., 1990: 174; Casevitz-Weulersse, 1990c: 434; Atanassov & Dlussky, 1992: 67; Mei, 1992a: 414; Bolton, 1995b: 166; Poldi et al., 1995: 2; Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 310; Espadaler, 1997g: 32; Csősz, 2003: 153; Bračko, 2006: 134; Markó et al., 2006: 69; Petrov, 2006: 83 (in key); Bračko, 2007: 17; Vonshak & Ionescu-Hirsch, 2010: 45; Werner & Wiezik, 2007: 144; Gratiashvili & Barjadze, 2008: 144; Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009: 498; Lapeva-Gjonova et al., 2010: 5; Csősz et al., 2011: 56; Legakis, 2011: 3; Borowiec & Salata, 2012: 491; Kiran & Karaman, 2012: 29; Borowiec & Salata, 2013: 352; Borowiec, 2014: 70 (see note in bibliography); Lebas et al., 2016: 402; Radchenko, 2016: 73; Salata & Borowiec, 2018c: 44; Seifert, 2018: 147; Borowiec & Salata, 2022: 23 (redescription).

Obsolete combinations

• Euponera ochracea
• Ponera ochracea

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