• Combination in Cerapachys: Brown, 1975: 24
• Combination in Lioponera: Borowiec, 2016: 164
• Status as species: Brown, 1975: 24, 61; Bolton, 1995b: 145; Hita Garcia et al., 2013: 201.
• Senior synonym of Lioponera cooperi Arnold, 1915: Brown, 1975: 24; Bolton, 1995b: 145.

Junior synonyms

• Lioponera cooperi (Arnold, 1915)
  Obsolete combination(s): Cerapachys cooperi, Phyracaces cooperi

Obsolete combinations

• Cerapachys vespula
• Phyracaces vespula

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Borowiec, M. L. 2016. Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dorylinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 608:1-280. 10.3897/zookeys.608.9427 PDF
• Brown, W. L., Jr. 1975. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. V. Ponerinae, tribes Platythyreini, Cerapachyini, Cylindromyrmecini, Acanthostichini, and Aenictogitini. Search. Agriculture (Ithaca, New York) 5(1):1-115. PDF
• Hita Garcia, F.; Wiesel, E.; Fischer, G. 2013. The ants of Kenya (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)—faunal overview, first species checklist, bibliography, accounts for all genera, and discussion on taxonomy and zoogeography. Journal of East African Natural History 101 (2):127-222. PDF
• Weber, N. A. 1949a. New African ants of the genera Cerapachys, Phryacaces, and Simopone. American Museum Novitates 1396:1-9. PDF