• Arnold, 1922: 596 (q.)
• Combination in Plagiolepis (Anoplolepis): Arnold, 1922: 595.
• Combination in Anoplolepis (Anoplolepis): Emery, 1925d: 18.
• Combination in Anoplolepis (Mesanoplolepis): Santschi, 1930b: 72.
• Combination in Tapinolepis: Bolton, 2003: 268.
• Status as species: Emery, 1899d: 492; Wheeler, 1908g: 389; Forel, 1913k: 223; Arnold, 1922: 595; Wheeler, 1922: 934; Emery, 1925d: 18; Prins, 1963: 105; Bolton, 1995b: 67; Bolton, 2003: 268.

Obsolete combinations

• Anoplolepis trimeni
• Plagiolepis trimenii

Citations

• Arnold, G. 1922. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part V. Myrmicinae. Annals of the South African Museum 14:579-674. PDF
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and classification of Formicidae. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 71:1-370. PDF
• Emery, C. 1899d. Fourmis d'Afrique. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 43:459-504. PDF
• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183:1-302. PDF
• Forel, A. 1895h. Une nouvelle fourmi melligère. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 39:429-430. PDF
• Forel, A. 1913k. Ameisen aus Rhodesia, Kapland usw. (Hym.) gesammelt von Herrn G. Arnold, Dr. H. Brauns und Anderen. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1913(Suppl.):203-225. 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. 1930b. Résultats de la Mission scientifique suisse en Angola, 1928-1929. Formicides de l'Angola. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 37:53-81. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1908g. Honey ants, with a revision of the American Myrmecocysti. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 24:345-397. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.