• Mayr, 1865: 67 (m.); Crawley, 1918: 86 (m.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1971b: 1207 (l.); Imai et al., 1977: 347 (k.).
• Combination in Euponera (Brachyponera): Emery, 1901b: 47.
• Combination in Pachycondyla: Brown, 1995a: 307.
• Combination in Brachyponera: Wheeler & Wheeler, 1971b: 1207; Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014: 80.
• Status as species: Roger, 1863b: 16; Mayr, 1863a: 449; Mayr, 1865: 66 (redescription); Mayr, 1876: 88; Mayr, 1879: 662 (in key); Emery, 1887f: 433; Dalla Torre, 1893: 40; Forel, 1907j: 271; Emery, 1911e: 84; Emery, 1914a: 180; Forel, 1915b: 22; Crawley, 1915b: 232; Crawley, 1918: 86; Poulton, 1922: 120; Wheeler, 1933i: 93 (redescription); Wheeler, 1934d: 140; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 23; Taylor, 1987a: 9; Bolton, 1995b: 307; Heterick, 2009: 135.
• Senior synonym of Brachyponera lutea clara: Bolton, 1995b: 307.
• Senior synonym of Brachyponera socialis: Emery, 1911e: 84; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 23; Taylor, 1987a: 9; Bolton, 1995b: 307.

Junior synonyms

• Brachyponera lutea clara (Crawley, 1915)
  Obsolete combination(s): Euponera lutea clara
• Brachyponera socialis (MacLeay, 1873)
  Obsolete combination(s): Ectatomma socialis

Obsolete combinations

• Euponera lutea
• Pachycondyla lutea
• Ponera lutea

Citations

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