Taxonomic history
Smith, 1858a PDF: 109 (q.m.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1952a PDF: 116 (l.); Imai et al., 1977 PDF: 347 (k.).Senior synonym of Amblyopone cephalotes: Brown, 1958h PDF: 14; Brown, 1960a: 167; Taylor, 1987a PDF: 7; Bolton, 1995b: 61.Status as species: Smith, 1858a PDF: 109; Roger, 1861a PDF: 48; Roger, 1863b PDF: 20; Mayr, 1863a PDF: 394; Mayr, 1886c PDF: 359; Emery, 1887f PDF: 446; Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 13; André, 1896d PDF: 260; Forel, 1907j PDF: 263; Forel, 1910b PDF: 1; Emery, 1911e PDF: 25; Emery, 1914a PDF: 179; Forel, 1915b PDF: 1; Poulton, 1922: 120; Clark, 1925b PDF: 137; Wheeler, 1927c PDF: 4 (redescription); Clark, 1928c: 39; Clark, 1929b PDF: 121; Wheeler, 1933i: 74; Clark, 1934c PDF: 52; Wilson, 1958c PDF: 142; Brown, 1958h PDF: 13 (redescription); Brown, 1960a: 167, 198; Wilson & Taylor, 1967b PDF: 102; Taylor, 1979 PDF: 835; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 19; Taylor, 1987a PDF: 6; Bolton, 1995b: 61; Shattuck & McArthur, 1995: 121; Don, 2007: 50; Heterick, 2009 PDF: 132; Sarnat et al., 2013 PDF: 69.Senior synonym Amblyopone australis fortis: Brown, 1958h PDF: 13; Brown, 1960a: 167; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 19; Taylor, 1987a PDF: 6; Bolton, 1995b: 61.Senior synonym of Amblyopone australis foveolata: Brown, 1958h PDF: 13; Brown, 1960a: 167; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 19; Taylor, 1987a PDF: 6; Bolton, 1995b: 61.Senior synonym of Amblyopone laevidens: Wilson, 1958c PDF: 142; Brown, 1958h PDF: 13; Brown, 1960a: 167; Bolton, 1995b: 61.Senior synonym of Amblyopone cephalotes maculata: Brown, 1958h PDF: 14; Brown, 1960a: 167; Bolton, 1995b: 61.Senior synonym of Amblyopone minor: Brown, 1958h PDF: 13; Brown, 1960a: 167; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 19; Taylor, 1987a PDF: 6; Bolton, 1995b: 61.Senior synonym of Amblyopone nana: Wilson, 1958c PDF: 142; Brown, 1958h PDF: 13; Brown, 1960a: 167; Taylor, 1987a PDF: 7; Bolton, 1995b: 61.Senior synonym of Amblyopone australis obscura: Brown, 1958h PDF: 13; Brown, 1960a: 167; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 19; Taylor, 1987a PDF: 6; Bolton, 1995b: 61.Material of the unavailable names Amblyopone australis cephalotes howensis, Amblyopone australis cephalotes norfolkensis, Amblyopone australis obscura pallens, Amblyopone australis laevidens queenslandica referred here by: Brown, 1958h PDF: 13; Brown, 1960a: 167; Bolton, 1995b: 61.[Note: the four unavailable names above were previously referred to as provisional junior synonyms by Brown, 1958h PDF: 13.].
