• Forel, 1900f: 329 (m.)
• Combination in Cerapachys: Brown, 1975: 23
• Combination in Lioponera: Borowiec, 2016: 164
• Status as species: Emery, 1887f: 444; Dalla Torre, 1893: 17; Forel, 1895g: 422; Forel, 1900f: 329; Emery, 1902c: 24; Rothney, 1903: 97; Bingham, 1903: 27; Emery, 1911e: 12; Forel, 1913g: 187; Wheeler, 1929h: 58; Donisthorpe, 1939a: 253; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 21; Brown, 1975: 23, 63; Collingwood, 1985: 237; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 26; Taylor, 1987a: 18; Kugler, 1988: 256; Terayama et al., 1988: 38; Bolton, 1995b: 143; Tang et al., 1995: 26; Wu & Wang, 1995a: 48; Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 312; Tiwari, 1999: 33; Mathew & Tiwari, 2000: 269; Lin & Wu, 2003: 60; Jaitrong & Nabhitabhata, 2005: 18; Framenau & Thomas, 2008: 58; Heterick, 2009: 127; Terayama, 2009: 121; Vonshak & Ionescu-Hirsch, 2010: 38; Collingwood et al., 2011: 408; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 24; Sharaf et al., 2013: 570; Bharti & Akbar, 2013a: 83 (in key); Bharti & Wachkoo, 2013d: 1192 (in key); Borowiec, 2014: 62; Bharti et al., 2016: 22; Chen et al., 2016: 9 (in key); Rasheed et al., 2019: 428; Dias et al., 2020: 25; Khachonpisitsak et al., 2020: 35.
• Senior synonym of Lioponera aegyptiaca: Bolton, 1995b: 143.
• Senior synonym of Lioponera alfierii: Bolton, 1995b: 143.
• Senior synonym of Lioponera australis Forel, 1895g: Brown, 1975: 23; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 26; Taylor, 1987a: 18; Bolton, 1995b: 143.
• Senior synonym of Lioponera bicolor: Brown, 1975: 23; Bolton, 1995b: 143.
• Senior synonym of Lioponera cooperi: Bolton, 1995b: 143.
• Senior synonym of Lioponera pygmaea: Brown, 1975: 23; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 26; Taylor, 1987a: 18; Bolton, 1995b: 143.

Junior synonyms

• Lioponera aegyptiaca (Brown, 1975)
  Obsolete combination(s): Cerapachys aegyptiacus
• Lioponera alfierii Donisthorpe, 1939
  Obsolete combination(s): Cerapachys alfierii
• Lioponera australis Forel, 1895
  Obsolete combination(s): Lioponera longitarsus australis
• Lioponera bicolor Wheeler & Chapman, 1925
• Lioponera pygmaea (Clark, 1934)
  Obsolete combination(s): Cerapachys pygmaeus, Phyracaces pygmaeus

Obsolete combinations

• Cerapachys longitarsus

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