Taxonomic history
Prins, 1982 PDF: 222 (q.).Combination in Anoplolepis (Anoplolepis): Emery, 1925d PDF: 18.Combination in Anoplolepis (Zealleyella): Santschi, 1926a PDF: 14.Status as species: Arnold, 1922 PDF: 594; Wheeler, 1922: 933; Emery, 1925d PDF: 18; Kutter, 1968c: 206; Prins, 1982 PDF: 222 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 67; Bolton, 2003 PDF: 267.