• Lectotype designation: Taylor & Alpert, 2016: 518.
• Status as species: Wheeler, 1919j: 189 (redescription); Chapman & Capco, 1951: 114; Gregg, 1958: 119; Kusnezov, 1960a: 126; Bolton, 1995b: 258; Pfeiffer et al., 2011: 47; Taylor & Alpert, 2016: 517 (redescription).

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
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• Gregg, R. E. 1958. Two new species of Metapone from Madagascar (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 60:111-121. PDF
• Kusnezov, N. 1960a ("1959"). La posición sistemática del género Metapone Forel (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Acta Zoologica Lilloana 18:119-126. PDF
• Pfeiffer, M.; Mezger, D.; Hosoishi, S.; Bakhtiar, E. Y.; Kohout, R. J. 2011. The Formicidae of Borneo (Insecta: Hymenoptera): a preliminary species list. Asian Myrmecology 4:9-58. PDF
• Taylor, R. W.; Alpert, G. D. 2016. The myrmicine ant genus Metapone Forel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): a global taxonomic review with descriptions of twelve new species. Zootaxa 4105 (6):501-545. 10.11646/zootaxa.4105.6.1 PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1919f. The ants of Borneo. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 63:43-147. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1919j. The ants of the genus Metapone Forel. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 12:173-191. PDF