• Forel, 1899b: 12 (w.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1952c: 618 (l.)
• Combination in Ponera (Pachycondyla): Roger, 1861a: 8.
• Combination in Pachycondyla (Pachycondyla): Emery, 1901b: 45
• Status as species: Roger, 1861a: 8; Mayr, 1863a: 439
• Subspecies of Pachycondyla harpax: Forel, 1899b: 12; Wheeler, 1909b: 228; Emery, 1911e: 75; Menozzi, 1927c: 267; Wheeler, 1938: 251; Creighton, 1950a: 44; Smith, 1951c: 785.
• Junior synonym of Pachycondyla harpax: Roger, 1862c: 288; Roger, 1863b: 18; Dalla Torre, 1893: 34; Forel, 1895b: 114; Pergande, 1896: 873; Brown, 1950g: 247; Smith, 1958c: 111; Kempf, 1972b: 174; Smith, 1979: 1340; Bolton, 1995b: 307; MacKay & MacKay, 2010: 374; Marcineiro & Lattke, 2024: 24.

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