• Lectotype designation: Bolton & Fisher, 2011: 43.
• Combination in Hypoponera: Bolton, 1995b: 215
• Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 215.
• Junior synonym of Hypoponera dulcis: Bolton & Fisher, 2011: 43

Obsolete combinations

• Ponera mandibularis

Citations

• Bernard, F. 1953b ("1952"). La réserve naturelle intégrale du Mt Nimba. XI. Hyménoptères Formicidae. Mémoires de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire 19:165-270. PDF
• 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