• Combination in Mesoponera: Wilson, 1958g: 349.
• Combination in Pachycondyla: Brown, 1995a: 307.
• Combination in Mesoponera: Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014: 111.
• Status as species: Wilson, 1958g: 349; Bolton, 1995b: 307; Sarnat et al., 2013: 73; Bharti et al., 2016: 52.
• Senior synonym of Mesoponera robiginosa: Wilson, 1958g: 349; Bolton, 1995b: 307.

Junior synonyms

• Mesoponera robiginosa (Donisthorpe, 1941)
  Obsolete combination(s): Euponera robiginosa

Obsolete combinations

• Euponera melanaria manni

Citations

• Bharti, H.; Guénard, B.; Bharti, M.; Economo, E. P. 2016. An updated checklist of the ants of India with their specific distributions in Indian states (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 551:1-83. PDF
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Brown, W. L., Jr. 1995a. [Untitled. Taxonomic changes in Pachycondyla and Neoponera attributed to Brown.]. Pp. 302-311 in: Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Mann, W. M. 1919. The ants of the British Solomon Islands. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 63:273-391. PDF
• Sarnat, E. M.; Blanchard, B.; Guénard, B.; Fasi, J.; Economo, E. P. 2013. Checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the Solomon Islands and a new survey of Makira Island. ZooKeys 257:47-88. PDF
• Schmidt, C. A.; Shattuck, S. O. 2014. The higher classification of the ant subfamily Ponerinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a review of ponerine ecology and behavior. Zootaxa 3817 (1):1-242. 10.11646/zootaxa.3817.1.1 PDF
• Viehmeyer, H. 1924b. Formiciden der australischen Faunenregion. Entomologische Mitteilungen. Berlin-Dahlem 13:219-229. PDF
• Wilson, E. O. 1958g. Studies on the ant fauna of Melanesia III. Rhytidoponera in western Melanesia and the Moluccas. IV. The tribe Ponerini. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 119:303-371. PDF