Taxonomic history
Wheeler, 1921c PDF: 530 (q.); Ogata, 1987a PDF: 116 (m.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986c PDF: 88 (l.); Imai & Kubota, 1972 PDF: 194 (k., misspelled as Pachycondyla sinensis).Combination in Euponera (Brachyponera): Emery, 1909d PDF: 367.Combination in Brachyponera: Brown, 1958h PDF: 22.Combination in Pachycondyla: Brown, 1995a: 304.Combination in Brachyponera: Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014 PDF: 80.Junior synonym of Pachycondyla solitaria: Smith, 1874b PDF: 404 [Junior primary homonym of Pachycondyla solitaria (Smith, 1860).] and hence first available replacement name: Brown, 1958h PDF: 22.See also: MacKay & MacKay, 2010 PDF: 247.Richter et al., 2020 10.26049/ASP78-1-2020-06 PDF: 133 (cranial anatomy).