• Ogata, 1987a: 114 (q.m.).
• Combination in Trachymesopus: Brown, 1963a: 8.
• Combination in Pachycondyla: Brown, 1995a: 308
• Combination in Euponera: Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014: 87.
• Combination in Fisheropone: Fisher et al., 2025: 332.
• Subspecies of Euponera sharpi: Santschi, 1937h: 363; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 66.
• Status as species: Brown, 1963a: 8; Collingwood, 1976a: 300; Onoyama, 1980a: 196; Morisita et al., 1989: 20; Bolton, 1995b: 308; Xu, 1995b: 104 (in key); Kim et al., 1998: 148; Imai et al., 2003: 211; Zhou & Ran, 2010: 108; Terayama et al., 2011: 76; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 61; Fisher et al., 2025: 332.
• Senior synonym of Fisheropone chosonensis: Brown, 1963a: 8; Onoyama, 1980a: 196; Bolton, 1995b: 308; Imai et al., 2003: 211; Fisher et al., 2025: 332.

Junior synonyms

• Fisheropone chosonensis (Teranishi, 1940)
  Obsolete combination(s): Pachycondyla chosonensis, Euponera chosonensis

Obsolete combinations

• Euponera pilosior
• Euponera sharpi pilosior
• Pachycondyla pilosior

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