• Wilson & Taylor, 1967b: 102 (e.q.)
• Combination in Euponera (Mesoponera): Emery, 1901b: 46.
• Combination in Mesoponera: Brown, 1958h: 20.
• Combination in Pachycondyla: Brown, 1995a: 303.
• Combination in Austroponera: Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014: 182.
• Status as species: Hutton, 1881: 111; Forel, 1892c: 334; Dalla Torre, 1893: 38; Forel, 1905d: 353; Emery, 1911e: 81; Mann, 1925b: 5; Wheeler, 1935g: 11; Brown, 1958h: 20; Wilson & Taylor, 1967b: 102; Taylor, 1987a: 39; Bolton, 1995b: 303; Don, 2007: 67.
• Senior synonym of Austroponera castanea striata: Brown, 1958h: 20; Taylor, 1987a: 39

Junior synonyms

• Austroponera castanea striata (Stitz, 1911)
  Obsolete combination(s): Pachycondyla castanea striata, Euponera castanea striata

Obsolete combinations

• Euponera castanea
• Pachycondyla castanea
• Ponera castanea

Citations

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