• [Misspelled as dawini by Santschi, 1914d: 318.]
• Terayama, 1990b: 897 (w.)
• Combination in Pachycondyla (Pseudoponera): Emery, 1900: 668.
• Combination in Pseudoponera: Bingham, 1903: 93.
• Combination in Euponera (Trachymesopus): Emery, 1911e: 86.
• Combination in Trachymesopus: Wilson, 1958g: 353.
• Combination in Pachycondyla: Brown, 1995a: 304.
• Combination in Parvaponera: Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014: 200.
• Status as species: Forel, 1899j: 320; Emery, 1900: 668; Emery, 1901b: 46; Emery, 1901h: 113; Bingham, 1903: 93; Emery, 1911e: 86; Santschi, 1914d: 318; Wheeler, 1919f: 56; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 65; Wilson, 1958g: 353; Collingwood, 1962c: 224; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 52; Taylor, 1987a: 80; Morisita et al., 1989: 20; Terayama, 1990b: 897; Bolton, 1995b: 304; Schembri & Collingwood, 1995: 153; Xu, 1995b: 104 (in key); Tiwari, 1999: 30; Imai et al., 2003: 211; Lin & Wu, 2003: 67; Framenau & Thomas, 2008: 80; Terayama, 2009: 106 (in key); Vonshak & Ionescu-Hirsch, 2010: 46; Zhou & Ran, 2010: 108; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 60; Sarnat et al., 2013: 73; Borowiec, 2014: 141 (see note in bibliography) ; Bharti et al., 2016: 53; Dias et al., 2020: 116; Khachonpisitsak et al., 2020: 153; Wang et al., 2022: 132.
• Senior synonym of Parvaponera darwinii indica Emery, 1899e: Lin & Wu, 2003: 68; Terayama, 2009: 104.
• Senior synonym of Parvaponera darwinii indica Forel, 1900f: Lin & Wu, 2003: 68 (by implication); Terayama, 2009: 104 (by implication).
• Senior synonym of Parvaponera lamarki: Brown, 1963a: 6; Bolton, 1995b: 304.
• Senior synonym of Parvaponera rufotestaceus: Brown, 1963a: 6; Bolton, 1995b: 304.

Junior synonyms

• Parvaponera darwinii indica (Emery, 1899)
  Obsolete combination(s): Belonopelta darwinii indica
• Parvaponera darwinii indica (Forel, 1900)
  Obsolete combination(s): Belonopelta darwinii indica
• Parvaponera lamarki (Santschi, 1913)
  Obsolete combination(s): Pachycondyla lamarki, Euponera lamarki
• Parvaponera rufotestaceus (Donisthorpe, 1943)
  Obsolete combination(s): Pachycondyla rufotestaceus, Cryptopone rufotestaceus

Obsolete combinations

• Belonopelta darwinii
• Euponera darwini

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