Taxonomic history
Lectotype designation: Joma & Mackay, 2017 PDF: 27.Combination in Pachycondyla: Brown, 1995a: 306.Combination in Bothroponera: Wheeler, 1922: 22; Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014 PDF: 77.Status as species: Emery, 1911e PDF: 77; Forel, 1913a PDF: 109; Santschi, 1914e: 4; Arnold, 1915: 56 (redescription); Wheeler, 1922: 72 (in key), 770; Arnold, 1926 PDF: 202; Arnold, 1952a PDF: 462 (in key); Prins, 1963 PDF: 98; Bolton, 1995b: 306; Joma & Mackay, 2017 PDF: 23 (redescription).Senior synonym of Bothroponera kruegeri asina: Joma & Mackay, 2017 PDF: 23.Senior synonym of Bothroponera kruegeri rhodesiana: Joma & Mackay, 2017 PDF: 23.