• Combination in Drepanognathus: Mayr, 1863a: 408; Mayr, 1865: 71; Dalla Torre, 1893: 22.
• Combination in Harpegnathos: Roger, 1863b: 22; Forel, 1900d: 65.
• Status as species: Mayr, 1863a: 408; Roger, 1863b: 22; Mayr, 1865: 71 (redescription); Dalla Torre, 1893: 22; Teranishi, 1940: 64.
• Subspecies of Harpegnathos venator: Forel, 1900d: 65; Emery, 1911e: 59; Wheeler & Chapman, 1925: 61; Wheeler, 1928c: 4; Wheeler, 1930k: 58; Donisthorpe, 1937b: 199; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 67; Baltazar, 1966: 245; Bolton, 1995b: 212; Zhou & Ran, 2010: 104; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 58; General, 2016a: 104 (in key).

Obsolete combinations

• Drepanognathus rugosus

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