• Arnold, 1915: 54 (m.); Arnold, 1926: 201 (q.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1971b: 1207 (l.).
• Combination in Ectomomyrmex: Wheeler, 1922: 774.
• Combination in Trachymesopus: Brown, 1963a: 8.
• Combination in Pachycondyla: Brown, 1995a: 303.
• Combination in Euponera: Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014: 86.
• Combination in Fisheropone: Fisher et al., 2025: 332.
• Status as species: Arnold, 1915: 53 (redescription); Wheeler, 1922: 774; Arnold, 1926: 201; Brown, 1963a: 8; Bolton, 1995b: 303; Hita Garcia et al., 2013: 220; Fisher et al., 2025: 332.
• Senior synonym of Fisheropone bayoni: Brown, 1963a: 8; Bolton, 1995b: 303; Fisher et al., 2025: 332.
• Senior synonym of Fisheropone dentis: Brown, 1963a: 8; Bolton, 1995b: 303; Fisher et al., 2025: 332.
• Senior synonym of Fisheropone katangana: Brown, 1963a: 8; Bolton, 1995b: 303; Fisher et al., 2025: 332.
• Senior synonym of Fisheropone lamottei: Brown, 1963a: 8; Bolton, 1995b: 303; Fisher et al., 2025: 332.
• Senior synonym of Fisheropone nigeriensis: Brown, 1963a: 8; Bolton, 1995b: 303; Fisher et al., 2025: 332.

Junior synonyms

• Fisheropone bayoni (Menozzi, 1932)
  Obsolete combination(s): Pachycondyla bayoni, Euponera bayoni
• Fisheropone dentis (Weber, 1942)
  Obsolete combination(s): Pachycondyla dentis, Euponera dentis
• Fisheropone katangana (Santschi, 1933)
  Obsolete combination(s): Pachycondyla nigeriensis katangana, Ectomomyrmex nigeriensis katangana, Euponera nigeriensis katangana
• Fisheropone lamottei (Bernard, 1953)
  Obsolete combination(s): Pachycondyla lamottei, Euponera lamottei
• Fisheropone nigeriensis (Santschi, 1914)
  Obsolete combination(s): Pachycondyla nigeriensis, Euponera nigeriensis, Ectomomyrmex nigeriensis

Obsolete combinations

• Euponera brunoi
• Pachycondyla brunoi

Citations

• Arnold, G. 1915. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part I. Ponerinae, Dorylinae. Annals of the South African Museum 14:1-159. PDF
• Arnold, G. 1926. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Appendix. Annals of the South African Museum 23:191-295. PDF
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Brown, W. L., Jr. 1963a. Characters and synonymies among the genera of ants. Part III. Some members of the tribe Ponerini (Ponerinae, Formicidae). Breviora 190:1-10. PDF
• Brown, W. L., Jr. 1995a. [Untitled. Taxonomic changes in Pachycondyla and Neoponera attributed to Brown.]. Pp. 302-311 in: Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Fisher, B. L.; Branstetter, M. G.; Blaimer, B. B.; Borowiec, M. L.; Camacho, G. P.; Doré, M; Ward, P. S.; Longino, J. T. 2025. A genus-level classification of the ant subfamily Ponerinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 1264:281-349. [online early] 10.3897/zookeys.1264.173399 PDF
• Forel, A. 1913k. Ameisen aus Rhodesia, Kapland usw. (Hym.) gesammelt von Herrn G. Arnold, Dr. H. Brauns und Anderen. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1913(Suppl.):203-225. 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
• Schmidt, C. A.; Shattuck, S. O. 2014. The higher classification of the ant subfamily Ponerinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a review of ponerine ecology and behavior. Zootaxa 3817 (1):1-242. 10.11646/zootaxa.3817.1.1 PDF
• Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1971b. Ant larvae of the subfamily Ponerinae: second supplement. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 64:1197-1217. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.