• Combination in Ponera (Hypoponera): Santschi, 1938b: 79.
• Combination in Hypoponera: Kempf, 1972b: 121.
• Status as species: Kempf, 1972b: 121; Bolton, 1995b: 213; Feitosa, 2015c: 98.

Obsolete combinations

• Ponera collegiana

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Feitosa, R. M. 2015c. Lista das formigas poneromorfas do Brasil. Pp. 95-102 in: Delabie, J. H. C.; Feitosa, R. M.; Serrão, J. E.; Mariano, C. S. F.; Majer, J. D. (eds.) 2015. As formigas poneromorfas do Brasil. Ilhéus-Bahia: Editora da UESC, 477 pp. PDF
• Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
• Santschi, F. 1925b ("1924"). Nouvelles fourmis brésiliennes. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 64:5-20. PDF
• Santschi, F. 1938b. Notes sur quelques Ponera Latr. Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 43:78-80. PDF