• Wheeler & Wheeler, 1952c: 617 (l.); MacKay & MacKay, 2010: 284 (putative m.)
• Combination in Ponera: Latreille, 1809: 128; Leach, 1815: 147; Latreille, 1818b: 570; Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, 1835: 191.
• Combination in Ponera (Pachycondyla): Roger, 1861a: 6.
• Combination in Pachycondyla (Pachycondyla): Emery, 1901b: 45.
• Combination in Pachycondyla: Smith, 1858a: 105; Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014: 155.
• Status as species: Fabricius, 1804: 408; Gravenhorst, 1807: 286; Leach, 1815: 147; Latreille, 1818b: 570; Lund, 1831a: 131; Lund, 1831b: 103; Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, 1835: 191; Roger, 1861a: 6; Mayr, 1862: 720; Roger, 1863b: 18; Mayr, 1863a: 439; Mayr, 1884: 32; Emery, 1890b: 71 (in key); Dalla Torre, 1893: 33; Forel, 1895b: 114; Emery, 1901b: 45; Emery, 1911e: 74; Forel, 1912d: 39; Mann, 1916: 415; Crawley, 1916b: 367; Wheeler, 1916c: 2; Wheeler, 1916f: 323; Forel, 1921b: 131; Wheeler, 1922e: 3; Borgmeier, 1923: 69; Wheeler, 1923a: 2; Borgmeier, 1934: 96; Menozzi, 1935b: 191; Kempf, 1961b: 493; Kempf, 1961e: 193; Kempf, 1964e: 51 (in key); Kempf, 1972b: 174; Bolton, 1995b: 304; Wild, 2003: 7; Wild, 2007b: 39; Mackay et al., 2008: 190; MacKay & MacKay, 2010: 282 (redescription); Bezděčková et al., 2015: 124; Feitosa, 2015c: 99; Fernández & Guerrero, 2019: 541; Marcineiro & Lattke, 2024: 16 (redescription).
• Senior synonym of Pachycondyla pilosa: Marcineiro & Lattke, 2024: 16.

Junior synonyms

• Pachycondyla pilosa (Smith, 1858)
  Obsolete combination(s): Neoponera pilosa, Ponera pilosa

Obsolete combinations

• Formica crassinoda

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