• Wheeler, 1903j: 206 (l.); Wheeler, 1950: 106 (l.); Smith, 1942b: 63 (m.).
• [Note: the male described by Smith, 1942b: 63, was referred to Acanthostichus by Borowiec, 2016: 69.]
• Combination in Syscia: Borowiec, 2016: 224
• Status as species: Wheeler, 1903j: 205; Wheeler, 1908h: 401; Wheeler, 1910a: 561; Emery, 1911e: 9; Smith, 1942b: 63; Creighton, 1950a: 58; Smith, 1951c: 782; Smith, 1958c: 110; Brown, 1975: 22, 74; Hunt & Snelling, 1975: 20; Smith, 1979: 1333; Bolton, 1995b: 142; Mackay & Mackay, 2002: 42; Ward, 2005: 26; Longino & Branstetter, 2021: 16 (redescription).

Obsolete combinations

• Cerapachys augustae

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
• Creighton, W. S. 1950a. The ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 104:1-585. PDF
• Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118:1-125. PDF
• Hunt, J. H.; Snelling, R. R. 1975. A checklist of the ants of Arizona. Journal of the Arizona Academy of Science 10:20-23. PDF
• Longino, J. T.; Branstetter, M. G. 2021. Integrating UCE phylogenomics with traditional taxonomy reveals a trove of New World Syscia species (Formicidae: Dorylinae). Insect Systematics and Diversity 5(2):1-51. 10.1093/isd/ixab001 PDF
• Mackay, W.; Mackay, E. 2002. The ants of New Mexico (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Lewiston, New York: Edwin Mellen Press, 400 pp. PDF
• Smith, D. R. 1979. Superfamily Formicoidea. Pp. 1323-1467 in: Krombein, K. V.; Hurd, P. D.; Smith, D. R.; Burks, B. D. (eds.) 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America north of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. i-xvi, 1199-2209.
• Smith, M. R. 1942b. The males of two North American cerapachyine ants. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 44:62-64. PDF
• Smith, M. R. 1951c. Family Formicidae. Pp. 778-875 in: Muesebeck, C. F. W.; Krombein, K. V.; Townes, H. K. (eds.) 1951. Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic catalogue. United States Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Monograph 2:1-1420. PDF
• Smith, M. R. 1958c. Family Formicidae. Pp. 108-162 in: Krombein, K. V. (ed.) 1958. Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic catalogue. First supplement. United States Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Monograph 2(suppl. 1):1-305. PDF
• Ward, P. S. 2005. A synoptic review of the ants of California (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 936:1-68. PDF
• Wheeler, G. C. 1950. Ant larvae of the subfamily Cerapachyinae. Psyche (Cambridge) 57:102-113. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1902e. An American Cerapachys, with remarks on the affinities of the Cerapachyinae. Biological Bulletin (Woods Hole) 3:181-191. PDF
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• Wheeler, W. M. 1908h. The ants of Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. (Part I.). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 24:399-485. PDF
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