• Wheeler & Wheeler, 1964b: 447 (l.)
• Combination in Acanthoponera (Anacanthoponera): Wheeler, 1923f: 179.
• Combination in Heteroponera: Brown, 1957k: 112.
• Status as species: Emery, 1911e: 36; Forel, 1915b: 10; Wheeler, 1923f: 179; Clark, 1928c: 39; Clark, 1938: 362; Brown, 1958g: 195, 261; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1971b: 1200; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 30; Taylor, 1987a: 28; Bolton, 1995b: 212; Heterick, 2009: 142; Camacho et al., 2022: 14.
• Senior synonym of Heteroponera imbellis hilare: Brown, 1958g: 196; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 30; Taylor, 1987a: 28; Bolton, 1995b: 212.
• Senior synonym of Heteroponera nigra: Brown, 1958g: 196; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 30; Taylor, 1987a: 28; Bolton, 1995b: 212.
• Senior synonym of Heteroponera occidentalis: Brown, 1958g: 196; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 30; Taylor, 1987a: 28; Bolton, 1995b: 212.
• Senior synonym of Heteroponera imbellis scabra: Brown, 1958g: 196; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 30; Taylor, 1987a: 28; Bolton, 1995b: 212.

Junior synonyms

• Heteroponera imbellis hilare (Forel, 1895)
  Obsolete combination(s): Ectatomma imbelle hilare
• Heteroponera imbellis scabra (Wheeler, 1923)
  Obsolete combination(s): Acanthoponera imbellis scabra
• Heteroponera nigra (Clark, 1930)
  Obsolete combination(s): Acanthoponera nigra
• Heteroponera occidentalis (Clark, 1926)
  Obsolete combination(s): Acanthoponera occidentalis

Obsolete combinations

• Acanthoponera imbellis
• Ectatomma imbelle

Citations

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