• Forel, 1900f: 329 (q.)
• Combination in Ponera (Syscia): Smith, 1871a: 322.
• Combination in Cerapachys (Syscia): Emery, 1902c: 24.
• Combination in Syscia: Borowiec, 2016: 224.
• Status as species: Roger, 1863b: 21; Mayr, 1863a: 455; Dalla Torre, 1893: 17; Forel, 1900f: 329; Emery, 1902c: 24; Bingham, 1903: 31; Emery, 1911e: 10; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 20; Brown, 1975: 24, 74; Bolton, 1995b: 145; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 24; Chen et al., 2016: 9 (in key); Dias et al., 2020: 27; Aswaj et al., 2021: 69 (in key); Du et al., 2024: 175.

Obsolete combinations

• Cerapachys typhlus

Citations

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