• Combination in Hypoponera: Bolton, 1995b: 214
• Subspecies of Hypoponera opaciceps: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 71.
• Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 214; Seifert, 2003d: 74; Bolton & Fisher, 2011: 113.

Obsolete combinations

• Ponera opaciceps gibbinota

Citations

• 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. 2011. Taxonomy of Afrotropical and West Palaearctic ants of the ponerine genus Hypoponera Santschi (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 2843:1-118. PDF
• Chapman, J. W.; Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monographs of the Institute of Science and Technology. Manila 1:1-327. PDF
• Forel, A. 1912o. Einige neue und interessante Ameisenformen aus Sumatra etc. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Supplement 15("Erster Band"):51-78. PDF
• Seifert, B. 2003d. Hypoponera punctatissima (Roger) and H. schauinslandi (Emery) - two morphologically and biologically distinct species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Abhandlungen und Berichte des Naturkundemuseums Görlitz 75(1):61-81. PDF