• Santschi, 1915c: 245 (q.)
• Combination in Cerapachys: Brown, 1975: 22
• Combination in Lioponera: Borowiec, 2016: 163
• Status as species: Santschi, 1915c: 245; Wheeler, 1922: 757; Brown, 1975: 22, 60; Bolton, 1995b: 143; Hita Garcia et al., 2013: 201.
• Senior synonym of Lioponera langi: Brown, 1975: 22; Bolton, 1995b: 143.
• Senior synonym of Lioponera occipitalis: Brown, 1975: 22; Bolton, 1995b: 143.
• Senior synonym of Lioponera santschii: Brown, 1975: 22; Bolton, 1995b: 143.

Junior synonyms

• Lioponera langi (Wheeler, 1922)
  Obsolete combination(s): Cerapachys langi, Phyracaces langi
• Lioponera occipitalis (Bernard, 1953)
  Obsolete combination(s): Cerapachys occipitalis, Phyracaces occipitalis
• Lioponera santschii (Wheeler, 1922)
  Obsolete combination(s): Cerapachys santschii, Phyracaces santschii

Obsolete combinations

• Cerapachys foreli
• Phyracaces foreli

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
• Santschi, F. 1914d. Formicides de l'Afrique occidentale et australe du voyage de Mr. le Professeur F. Silvestri. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della Reale Scuola Superiore d'Agricoltura. Portici 8:309-385. PDF
• Santschi, F. 1915c. Nouvelles fourmis d'Afrique. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 84:244-282. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.