• Combination in Ponera: Wilson, 1957b: 375.
• Combination in Hypoponera: Taylor, 1967a: 12.
• Status as species: Wheeler, 1934i: 10; Wheeler, 1935g: 12; Wilson, 1957b: 375 (redescription); Wilson, 1958g: 342; Wilson & Taylor, 1967b: 29; Onoyama, 1980a: 196; Morisita et al., 1989: 27; Bolton, 1995b: 217; Imai et al., 2003: 214; Lin & Wu, 2003: 67; Terayama, 2009: 113; Zhou & Ran, 2010: 105; Wang et al., 2022: 124.

Obsolete combinations

• Pseudocryptopone zwaluwenburgi

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