• Combination in Hypoponera: Kempf, 1972b: 123
• Subspecies of Hypoponera opaciceps: Smith, 1937: 826; Wheeler, 1937b: 445; Kempf, 1972b: 123; Bolton, 1995b: 215.

Obsolete combinations

• Ponera opaciceps jamaicensis

Citations

• Aguayo, C. G. 1932. Notes on West Indian ants. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 27:215-227. PDF
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
• Smith, M. R. 1937 ("1936"). The ants of Puerto Rico. Journal of Agriculture of the University of Puerto Rico 20:819-875. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1937b. Ants mostly from the mountains of Cuba. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 81:439-465. PDF