• Status as species: Wheeler, 1922: 915; Bolton, 1974a: 35 (redescription); Bolton, 1982: 356 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 139.

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. 1982. Afrotropical species of the myrmicine ant genera Cardiocondyla, Leptothorax, Melissotarsus, Messor and Cataulacus (Formicidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 45:307-370. PDF
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Santschi, F. 1920c. Fourmis nouvelles du Congo Belge. Revue Zoologique Africaine (Brussels) 8:118-120. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.