• Status as species: Forel, 1905d: 353; Emery, 1911e: 90; Mann, 1925b: 5; Wheeler, 1935g: 12; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 68.
• Junior synonym of Hypoponera eduardi: Brown, 1958h: 23; Wilson & Taylor, 1967b: 103; Taylor, 1987a: 30; Bolton, 1995b: 213; Bolton & Fisher, 2011: 47.

Obsolete combinations

• Ponera antipodum

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Bolton, B.; Fisher, B. L. 2011. Taxonomy of Afrotropical and West Palaearctic ants of the ponerine genus Hypoponera Santschi (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 2843:1-118. PDF
• Brown, W. L., Jr. 1958h. A review of the ants of New Zealand. Acta Hymenopterologica 1:1-50. PDF
• Chapman, J. W.; Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monographs of the Institute of Science and Technology. Manila 1:1-327. PDF
• Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118:1-125. PDF
• Forel, A. 1895a. Nouvelles fourmis de diverses provenances, surtout d'Australie. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 39:41-49. PDF
• Forel, A. 1905d. A revision of the species of the Formicidae (ants) of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 37:353-355. PDF
• Mann, W. M. 1925b. Ants collected by the University of Iowa Fiji-New Zealand Expedition. Studies in Natural History. Iowa University 11(4):5-6. PDF
• Taylor, R. W. 1987a. A checklist of the ants of Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization) Division of Entomology Report 41:1-92. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1935g. Check list of the ants of Oceania. Occasional Papers of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum 11(11):1-56.
• Wilson, E. O.; Taylor, R. W. 1967b. The ants of Polynesia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Pacific Insects Monograph 14:1-109. PDF