• Combination in Sphinctomyrmex: Emery, 1895m: 456.
• Combination in Sphinctomyrmex (Sphinctomyrmex): Emery, 1911e: 7.
• Combination in Eusphinctus (Nothosphinctus): Wheeler, 1918a: 235.
• Combination in Zasphinctus: Borowiec, 2016: 243.
• Status as species: Emery, 1911e: 7; Wheeler, 1918a: 235; Bolton, 1995b: 392; Heterick, 2009: 131.
• Senior synonym of Zasphinctus perstictus (unnecessary replacement name): Bolton, 1995b: 392.

Junior synonyms

• Zasphinctus perstictus (Brown, 1975)
  Obsolete combination(s): Sphinctomyrmex perstictus

Obsolete combinations

• Cerapachys emeryi
• Sphinctomyrmex emeryi

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
• Emery, C. 1895m. Viaggio di Leonardo Fea in Birmania e regioni vicine. LXIII. Formiche di Birmania del Tenasserim e dei Monti Carin raccolte da L. Fea. Parte II. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale 34[=(2)14]:450-483.
• Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118:1-125. PDF
• Forel, A. 1893f. Nouvelles fourmis d'Australie et des Canaries. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 37:454-466. PDF
• Heterick, B. E. 2009. A guide to the ants of south-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 76:1-206. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1918a. The Australian ants of the ponerine tribe Cerapachyini. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 53:215-265. PDF