Formica tarsata Fabricius, 1798:280,Insula Goré Africae (leg. Bose). - As Pachycondyla tarsata: - As Paltothyreus tarsatus: - As Ponera tarsata: - Smith, 1858Smith, F. 1858. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae. London. 216 pp, 14 pl. (distribution).
Ponera gagates Guérin-Méneville, 1844:423 - Mackay & Mackay, 2010Mackay, W.P. & E.E. Mackay 2010. The systematics and biology of the New World ants of the genus Pachycondyla (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Edwin Mellin Press, Lewiston, Queenston, Lampeter. 1-648.:545 ( listed as synonym of Pachycondyla tarsata (Fabricius, 1798)).
Ponera pestilentia Smith, 1858:92 - Mackay & Mackay, 2010Mackay, W.P. & E.E. Mackay 2010. The systematics and biology of the New World ants of the genus Pachycondyla (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Edwin Mellin Press, Lewiston, Queenston, Lampeter. 1-648.:545 ( listed as synonym of Pachycondyla tarsata (Fabricius, 1798)).
Ponera spiniventris Smith, 1858:92 - Mackay & Mackay, 2010Mackay, W.P. & E.E. Mackay 2010. The systematics and biology of the New World ants of the genus Pachycondyla (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Edwin Mellin Press, Lewiston, Queenston, Lampeter. 1-648.:545 ( listed as synonym of Pachycondyla tarsata (Fabricius, 1798)).
Pachycondyla simillima Smith, 1858:105 - Mackay & Mackay, 2010Mackay, W.P. & E.E. Mackay 2010. The systematics and biology of the New World ants of the genus Pachycondyla (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Edwin Mellin Press, Lewiston, Queenston, Lampeter. 1-648.:545 ( listed as synonym of Pachycondyla tarsata (Fabricius, 1798)).