• Forel, 1911g: 283 (m.); Dill, 2002: 35 (q.)
• Combination in Hypoclinea: Mayr, 1870b: 955 (in key).
• Combination in Dolichoderus: Forel, 1878c: 382.
• Combination in Dolichoderus (Hypoclinea): Emery, 1894d: 229.
• Combination in Dolichoderus (Diabolus): Wheeler, 1935c: 68.
• Status as species: Smith, 1858a: 66; Roger, 1863b: 7; Mayr, 1863a: 444; Mayr, 1870b: 955 (in key); Smith, 1871a: 312; Mayr, 1872: 144; Emery, 1887a: 256; Dalla Torre, 1893: 158; Emery, 1900: 693; Forel, 1911f: 388; Forel, 1911g: 283; Forel, 1912o: 61; Forel, 1913l: 88; Emery, 1913a: 13; Wheeler, 1919f: 98; Menozzi, 1930a: 3; Donisthorpe, 1932c: 446; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 181, 305 (combinations in Dolichoderus, Polyrhachis, respectively); Shattuck, 1994: 46; Bolton, 1995b: 173; Dill, 2002: 35 (redescription); Jaitrong & Nabhitabhata, 2005: 20; Pfeiffer et al., 2011: 33; Khachonpisitsak et al., 2020: 13.
• Senior synonym of Dolichoderus cuspidatus atra: Dill, 2002: 35.
• Senior synonym of Dolichoderus bifurcatus: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 181; Shattuck, 1994: 47; Bolton, 1995b: 1723; Dill, 2002: 35.
• Senior synonym of Dolichoderus cuspidatus surbecki: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 181; Shattuck, 1994: 47; Bolton, 1995b: 173; Dill, 2002: 35.
• Senior synonym of Dolichoderus cuspidatus tenuispina: Dill, 2002: 35.

Junior synonyms

• Dolichoderus bifurcatus Karavaiev, 1926
• Dolichoderus cuspidatus atra Menozzi, 1930
• Dolichoderus cuspidatus surbecki Santschi, 1925
• Dolichoderus cuspidatus tenuispina Viehmeyer, 1922

Obsolete combinations

• Polyrhachis cuspidatus

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