• Stitz, 1910: 130 (q.); Bolton & Fisher, 2008b: 39 (m.).
• Combination in Pachycondyla (Bothroponera): Emery, 1901b: 45.
• Combination in Phrynoponera: Wheeler, 1920: 53.
• Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 36; Stitz, 1910: 130; Emery, 1911e: 76; Wheeler, 1922: 77, 773; Weber, 1943d: 297; Brown, 1950g: 246; Bolton, 1995b: 334; Bolton & Fisher, 2008b: 43 (redescription); Hita Garcia et al., 2013: 221.
• Senior synonym of Phrynoponera armata: Bolton & Fisher, 2008b: 43.
• Senior synonym of Phrynoponera gabonensis esta: Brown, 1950g: 246; Bolton, 1995b: 334; Bolton & Fisher, 2008b: 43
• Senior synonym of Phrynoponera gabonensis fecunda: Brown, 1950g: 246; Bolton, 1995b: 334; Bolton & Fisher, 2008b: 43
• Senior synonym of Phrynoponera heterodus: Brown, 1950g: 247 (in text); Bolton & Fisher, 2008b: 43
• Senior synonym of Phrynoponera gabonensis robustior: Brown, 1950g: 246; Bolton, 1995b: 334; Bolton & Fisher, 2008b: 43
• Senior synonym of Phrynoponera gabonensis striatidens: Brown, 1950g: 246; Bolton, 1995b: 334; Bolton & Fisher, 2008b: 43
• Senior synonym of Phrynoponera gabonensis umbrosa: Brown, 1950g: 246; Bolton, 1995b: 334; Bolton & Fisher, 2008b: 43

Junior synonyms

• Phrynoponera armata (Santschi, 1919)
  Obsolete combination(s): Pachycondyla armata
• Phrynoponera gabonensis esta Wheeler, 1922
• Phrynoponera gabonensis fecunda (Wheeler, 1922)
• Phrynoponera gabonensis robustior (Santschi, 1919)
  Obsolete combination(s): Pachycondyla gabonensis robustior
• Phrynoponera gabonensis striatidens (Santschi, 1914)
  Obsolete combination(s): Pachycondyla gabonensis striatidens
• Phrynoponera gabonensis umbrosa Wheeler, 1922
• Phrynoponera heterodus Wheeler, 1922

Obsolete combinations

• Bothroponera gabonensis
• Pachycondyla gabonensis

Citations

• André, Ern. 1892a. Matériaux myrmécologiques. Revue d'Entomologie (Caen) 11:45-56. PDF
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Bolton, B.; Fisher, B. L. 2008b. The Afrotropical ponerine ant genus Phrynoponera Wheeler (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 1892:35-52. PDF
• Brown, W. L., Jr. 1950g. Morphological, taxonomic, and other notes on ants. Wasmann Journal of Biology 8:241-250. PDF
• Dalla Torre, K. W. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. PDF
• Emery, C. 1901b. Notes sur les sous-familles des Dorylines et Ponérines (Famille des Formicides). Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 45:32-54. PDF
• Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118:1-125. PDF
• Hita Garcia, F.; Wiesel, E.; Fischer, G. 2013. The ants of Kenya (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)—faunal overview, first species checklist, bibliography, accounts for all genera, and discussion on taxonomy and zoogeography. Journal of East African Natural History 101 (2):127-222. PDF
• Stitz, H. 1910. Westafrikanische Ameisen. I. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 5:125-151. PDF
• Weber, N. A. 1943d. The ants of the Imatong Mountains, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 93:263-389. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1920. The subfamilies of Formicidae, and other taxonomic notes. Psyche (Cambridge) 27:46-55. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.