• Lectotype designation: Joma & Mackay, 2017: 27.
• Combination in Pachycondyla: Brown, 1995a: 306.
• Combination in Bothroponera: Wheeler, 1922: 22; Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014: 77.
• Status as species: Emery, 1911e: 77; Forel, 1913a: 109; Santschi, 1914e: 4; Arnold, 1915: 56 (redescription); Wheeler, 1922: 72 (in key), 770; Arnold, 1926: 202; Arnold, 1952a: 462 (in key); Prins, 1963: 98; Bolton, 1995b: 306; Joma & Mackay, 2017: 23 (redescription).
• Senior synonym of Bothroponera kruegeri asina: Joma & Mackay, 2017: 23.
• Senior synonym of Bothroponera kruegeri rhodesiana: Joma & Mackay, 2017: 23.

Junior synonyms

• Bothroponera kruegeri asina (Santschi, 1912)
  Obsolete combination(s): Pachycondyla asina
• Bothroponera kruegeri rhodesiana (Forel, 1913)
  Obsolete combination(s): Pachycondyla kruegeri rhodesiana

Obsolete combinations

• Pachycondyla kruegeri

Citations

• Arnold, G. 1915. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part I. Ponerinae, Dorylinae. Annals of the South African Museum 14:1-159.
• Arnold, G. 1926. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Appendix. Annals of the South African Museum 23:191-295. PDF
• Arnold, G. 1952a. New species of African Hymenoptera. No. 10. Occasional Papers of the National Museum of Southern Rhodesia 2:460-493. PDF
• Baroni Urbani, C. 1973b. Katalog der Typen von Formicidae (Hymenoptera) der Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums Basel. Mitteilungen der Entomologischen Gesellschaft Basel (n.s.)23:122-152.
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Brown, W. L., Jr. 1995a. [Untitled. Taxonomic changes in Pachycondyla and Neoponera attributed to Brown.]. Pp. 302-311 in: Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118:1-125. PDF
• Forel, A. 1910a. Glanures myrmécologiques. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 54:6-32. PDF
• Forel, A. 1913a. Fourmis de Rhodesia, etc. récoltées par M. G. Arnold, le Dr. H. Brauns et K. Fikendey. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 57:108-147. PDF
• Joma, A. M. A.; Mackay, W. P. 2017. Revision of the African ants of the Bothroponera sulcata species complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 143:7-71. PDF
• Prins, A. J. 1963. A list of the ants collected in the Kruger National Park with notes on their distribution. Koedoe 6:91-108. PDF
• Santschi, F. 1914e. Meddelanden från Göteborgs Musei Zoologiska Afdelning. 3. Fourmis du Natal et du Zoulouland récoltées par le Dr. I. Trägårdh. Göteborgs Kungliga Vetenskaps och Vitterhets Samhälles Handlingar 15:1-44.
• 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.