• Status as species: Gregg, 1958: 120; Kusnezov, 1960a: 125; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 70; Taylor, 1987a: 40; Taylor, 1991b: 604; Bolton, 1995b: 258; Taylor & Alpert, 2016: 539 (redescription).

Citations

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• Kusnezov, N. 1960a ("1959"). La posición sistemática del género Metapone Forel (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Acta Zoologica Lilloana 18:119-126. PDF
• McAreavey, J. 1949. Australian Formicidae. New genera and species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 74:1-25. PDF
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• Taylor, R. W. 1991b. Nomenclature and distribution of some Australasian ants of the Myrmicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 30:599-614. 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
• Taylor, R. W.; Brown, D. R. 1985. Formicoidea. Zoological Catalogue of Australia 2:1-149, 306-348.