• Combination in Cerapachys: Brown, 1975: 22.
• Combination in Lioponera: Borowiec, 2016: 163.
• Status as species: Wheeler, 1918a: 243; Brown, 1975: 22; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 25; Taylor, 1987a: 17.
• Senior synonym of Lioponera aranus (unnecessary replacement name).

Junior synonyms

• Lioponera aranus (Bolton, 1995)
  Obsolete combination(s): Cerapachys aranus

Obsolete combinations

• Cerapachys emeryi
• Phyracaces emeryi

Citations

• Borowiec, M. L. 2016. Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dorylinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 608:1-280. 10.3897/zookeys.608.9427 PDF
• Brown, W. L., Jr. 1975. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. V. Ponerinae, tribes Platythyreini, Cerapachyini, Cylindromyrmecini, Acanthostichini, and Aenictogitini. Search. Agriculture (Ithaca, New York) 5(1):1-115. PDF
• Taylor, R. W. 1987a. A checklist of the ants of Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization) Division of Entomology Report 41:1-92. PDF
• Taylor, R. W.; Brown, D. R. 1985. Formicoidea. Zoological Catalogue of Australia 2:1-149, 306-348.
• Viehmeyer, H. 1914b ("1913"). Neue und unvollständig bekannte Ameisen der alten Welt. Archiv für Naturgeschichte (A)79(12):24-60. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1918a. The Australian ants of the ponerine tribe Cerapachyini. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 53:215-265. PDF