• Subspecies of Odontomachus tyrannicus: Emery, 1911e: 113; Donisthorpe, 1947c: 579; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 47.
• Status as species: Wilson, 1959c: 500; Brown, 1976c: 106, 162; Bolton, 1995b: 297.
• Senior synonym of Odontomachus gulosus: Wilson, 1959c: 500; Brown, 1976c: 106; Bolton, 1995b: 297.
• Senior synonym of Odontomachus nigrifrons: Wilson, 1959c: 500; Brown, 1976c: 106; Bolton, 1995b: 297.
• Senior synonym of Odontomachus gulosus nubila: Wilson, 1959c: 500; Brown, 1976c: 106; Bolton, 1995b: 297.

Junior synonyms

• Odontomachus gulosus Emery, 1901
• Odontomachus gulosus nubila Emery, 1911
• Odontomachus nigrifrons Donisthorpe, 1940

Obsolete combinations

• Odontomachus tyrannicus testaceus

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Brown, W. L., Jr. 1976c. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. Part VI. Ponerinae, tribe Ponerini, subtribe Odontomachiti. Section A. Introduction, subtribal characters. Genus Odontomachus. Studia Entomologica 19:67-171. PDF
• Chapman, J. W.; Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monographs of the Institute of Science and Technology. Manila 1:1-327. PDF
• Donisthorpe, H. 1947c ("1946"). Ants from New Guinea, including new species and a new genus. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (11)13:577-595. PDF
• Emery, C. 1897. Viaggio di Lamberto Loria nella Papuasia orientale. XVIII. Formiche raccolte nella Nuova Guinea dal Dott. Lamberto Loria. Dummy reference. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale 38[=(2)18]:546-594.
• Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118:1-125. PDF
• Wilson, E. O. 1959c. Studies on the ant fauna of Melanesia V. The tribe Odontomachini. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 120:483-510. PDF