• [Justified emendation of spelling to Bothroponera pachyderma attenuata: Santschi, 1933b: 95.]
• Combination in Bothroponera: Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014: 76
• Subspecies of Bothroponera pachyderma: Wheeler, 1922: 771; Santschi, 1933b: 95; Bolton, 1995b: 303.
• Junior synonym of Bothroponera pachyderma: Joma & Mackay, 2020: 369

Obsolete combinations

• Pachycondyla pachyderma attenuata

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Joma, A. M. A.; Mackay, W. P. 2020. Revision of the African ants of the Bothroponera talpa species complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 146 (2):355-408. 10.3157/061.146.0206 PDF
• Santschi, F. 1920b. Formicides nouveaux du Gabon, du Congo, de la Rhodesia et du Natal. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 60:6-17. PDF
• Santschi, F. 1933b. Contribution à l'étude des fourmis de l'Afrique tropicale. Bulletin et Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 73:95-108. PDF
• Schmidt, C. A.; Shattuck, S. O. 2014. The higher classification of the ant subfamily Ponerinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a review of ponerine ecology and behavior. Zootaxa 3817 (1):1-242. 10.11646/zootaxa.3817.1.1 PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.