• Neotype designation: Marcineiro & Lattke, 2024: 21.
• MacKay & MacKay, 2010: 339 (q.)
• Combination in Pachycondyla (Pachycondyla): Emery, 1901b: 45.
• Combination in Pachycondyla: Mayr, 1863a: 439; Roger, 1863b: 18; Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014: 155.
• Status as species: Roger, 1863b: 18; Mayr, 1863a: 439; Emery, 1890b: 58, 71 (in key); Emery, 1890c: 42; Dalla Torre, 1893: 34; Forel, 1899b: 12; Emery, 1901b: 48; Emery, 1904b: 596; Forel, 1907h: 1; Emery, 1911e: 74; Forel, 1912d: 39; Santschi, 1913h: 34; Wheeler, 1925a: 5; Kempf, 1961e: 193; Kempf, 1972b: 174; Bolton, 1995b: 305; MacKay & MacKay, 2010: 339 (redescription); Feitosa, 2015c: 99; Fernández & Guerrero, 2019: 541; Marcineiro & Lattke, 2024: 21 (redescription).

Obsolete combinations

• Ponera fuscoatra

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