• Status as species: Forel, 1900d: 61; Emery, 1911e: 109; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 40; Brown, 1978c: 557, 592; Bolton, 1995b: 64; Dias et al., 2020: 102.
• Senior synonym of Anochetus longifossatus butteli: Brown, 1978c: 557; Bolton, 1995b: 64.

Junior synonyms

• Anochetus longifossatus butteli Forel, 1913

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Brown, W. L., Jr. 1978c. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. Part VI. Ponerinae, tribe Ponerini, subtribe Odontomachiti. Section B. Genus Anochetus and bibliography. Studia Entomologica 20:549-638. PDF
• Chapman, J. W.; Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monographs of the Institute of Science and Technology. Manila 1:1-327. PDF
• Dias, R. K. S.; Guénard, B.; Akbar, S. A.; Economo, E. P.; Udayakantha, W. S.; Wachkoo, A. A. 2020. The ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Sri Lanka: a taxonomic research summary and updated checklist. ZooKeys 967:1-142. 10.3897/zookeys.967.54432 PDF
• Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118:1-125. PDF
• Forel, A. 1900d. Les Formicides de l'Empire des Indes et de Ceylan. Part VI. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 13:52-65. PDF
• Mayr, G. 1897. Formiciden aus Ceylon und Singapur. Természetrajzi Füzetek 20:420-436. PDF