• Forel, 1900d: 65 (q.m.)
• Combination in Drepanognathus: Mayr, 1863a: 408; Dalla Torre, 1893: 22;
• Combination in Harpegnathos: Roger, 1861a: 32; Roger, 1863b: 22; Forel, 1900d: 65.
• Status as species: Roger, 1861a: 32; Mayr, 1863a: 408; Roger, 1863b: 22; Dalla Torre, 1893: 22; Forel, 1900d: 65; Teranishi, 1940: 64; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 66.
• Junior synonym of Harpegnathos saltator: Bingham, 1903: 50; Wheeler, 1911g: 164; Emery, 1911e: 59; Tiwari, 1999: 21; Dias et al., 2020: 108.
• Subspecies of Harpegnathos saltator: Donisthorpe, 1937b: 198; Bolton, 1995b: 212; Zhou & Ran, 2010: 104; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 58; Bharti et al., 2016: 50.

Obsolete combinations

• Drepanognathus cruentatus
• Harpegnathos cruentatus

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