• Combination in Pachycondyla: Brown, 1995a: 310.
• Combination in Paltothyreus: Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014: 127.
• Subspecies of Paltothyreus tarsatus: Bolton, 1995b: 310; Hita Garcia et al., 2013: 221.
• Senior synonym of Paltothyreus tarsatus kaya Özdikmen, 2010c (unnecessary replacement name).

Junior synonyms

• Paltothyreus tarsatus kaya (Özdikmen, 2010)
  Obsolete combination(s): Pachycondyla tarsata kaya

Obsolete combinations

• Pachycondyla tarsata striatus

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Brown, W. L., Jr. 1995a. [Untitled. Taxonomic changes in Pachycondyla and Neoponera attributed to Brown.]. Pp. 302-311 in: Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• 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
• Santschi, F. 1930a. Description de Formicides éthiopiens nouveaux ou peu connus. V. Bulletin et Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 70:49-77. PDF
• Schmidt, C. A.; Shattuck, S. O. 2014. The higher classification of the ant subfamily Ponerinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a review of ponerine ecology and behavior. Zootaxa 3817 (1):1-242. 10.11646/zootaxa.3817.1.1 PDF