• Wheeler & Wheeler, 1954b: 151 (l.); Bolton, 1974a: 18 (q.m.)
• Status as species: Wheeler, 1922: 199, 912; Santschi, 1924b: 217; Emery, 1924f: 296; Bolton, 1974a: 18 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 138; Hita Garcia et al., 2013: 209.
• Senior synonym of Cataulacus egenus simplex: Bolton, 1974a: 18; Bolton, 1995b: 138.

Junior synonyms

• Cataulacus egenus simplex Santschi, 1914

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1974a. A revision of the Palaeotropical arboreal ant genus Cataulacus F. Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 30:1-105. PDF
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Emery, C. 1924f ("1922"). Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [concl.]. Genera Insectorum 174C:207-397. 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
• Santschi, F. 1911c ("1910"). Nouvelle fourmis d'Afrique. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 79:351-369. PDF
• Santschi, F. 1924b. Descriptions de nouveaux Formicides africains et notes diverses. II. Revue Zoologique Africaine (Brussels) 12:195-224. PDF
• Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1954b. The ant larvae of the myrmicine tribes Cataulacini and Cephalotini. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 44:149-157. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.