• Combination in Ponera: Wilson, 1957b: 370
• Status as species: Wheeler, 1934i: 10; Wheeler, 1935g: 12; Wilson, 1957b: 370 (redescription); Wilson, 1958g: 340; Taylor, 1967a: 85 (redescription); Wilson & Taylor, 1967b: 25; Dlussky, 1994a: 53; Bolton, 1995b: 362; Terayama, 1996b: 14; Imai et al., 2003: 215; Wetterer & Vargo, 2003: 416; Framenau & Thomas, 2008: 81; Yoshimura et al., 2009: 200 (in key); Sarnat & Economo, 2012: 163; Sarnat et al., 2013: 73; Ramage, 2014: 154; Leong et al., 2019: 52 (redescription); Wang et al., 2022: 133.

Obsolete combinations

• Pseudocryptopone swezeyi

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