• Santschi, 1921e: 167 (m.); Schifani et al., 2021: 4 (q.m.)
• Combination in Ponera (Hypoponera): Santschi, 1938b: 79.
• Combination in Hypoponera: Taylor, 1967a: 12.
• Status as species: André, 1882d: 242 (in key); Dalla Torre, 1893: 37; Emery, 1895n: 65; Emery, 1909d: 372; Santschi, 1910j: 71; Emery, 1911e: 90; Emery, 1916b: 54; Emery, 1916a: 107; Bondroit, 1918: 84; Santschi, 1921e: 167; Wheeler, 1922: 780; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 68; Bernard, 1953b: 201 (in key); Baroni Urbani, 1962: 130; Bernard, 1967a: 89 (redescription); Baroni Urbani, 1971c: 15; Collingwood, 1985: 239; Kugler, 1988: 256; Casevitz-Weulersse, 1990c: 435; Bolton, 1995b: 213; Mei, 1995: 759; Poldi et al., 1995: 2; Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 311; Espadaler, 1997g: 32; Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009: 498; Vonshak & Ionescu-Hirsch, 2010: 46; Bolton & Fisher, 2011: 23 (redescription); Borowiec, 2014: 81; Lebas et al., 2016: 404; Sharaf et al., 2018: 33; Schifani et al., 2021: 4 (redescription).

Obsolete combinations

• Ponera abeillei

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