• [Unjustified emendation of spelling to Hypoponera ragusae: Emery, 1911e: 91.]
• Santschi, 1907: 313 (q.eq.em.); Santschi, 1908: 519 (m.)
• Combination in Hypoponera: Baroni Urbani, 1971c: 18
• Status as species: Emery, 1895n: 65; Forel, 1907d: 2; Santschi, 1907: 313; Santschi, 1908: 519; Emery, 1909d: 370; Emery, 1911e: 91; Forel, 1912l: 159; Emery, 1916b: 54; Emery, 1916a: 109; Wheeler, 1922: 782, 1010; Stärcke, 1926a: 82 (in key); Kutter, 1927a: 98; Finzi, 1936: 156; Wheeler, 1937c: 59; Bernard, 1953b: 199 (in key); Baroni Urbani, 1962: 129; Bernard, 1967a: 88 (redescription); Baroni Urbani, 1971c: 18; Collingwood, 1985: 239; Mei, 1992a: 415; Bolton, 1995b: 216; Mei, 1995: 760; Poldi et al., 1995: 2; Dorow, 1996a: 76; Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 312; Espadaler, 2007: 117; Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009: 498; Vonshak & Ionescu-Hirsch, 2010: 46; Collingwood et al., 2011: 408; Bolton & Fisher, 2011: 94 (redescription); Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 59; Hita Garcia et al., 2013: 220; Sarnat et al., 2013: 73; Borowiec, 2014: 83; Bharti et al., 2015: 47; Bharti et al., 2016: 51; Lebas et al., 2016: 404; Dias et al., 2020: 110; Sharaf et al., 2022: 86; Jallow & Gómez, 2024: 5.
• Senior synonym of Hypoponera aethiopica: Bolton & Fisher, 2011: 94.
• Senior synonym of Hypoponera gleadowi decipiens: Bolton & Fisher, 2011: 94.
• Senior synonym of Hypoponera formosae: Bolton & Fisher, 2011: 94.
• Senior synonym of Hypoponera gleadowi: Bolton & Fisher, 2011: 94.
• Senior synonym of Hypoponera gyptis: Bernard, 1967a: 88; Bolton, 1995b: 216; Bolton & Fisher, 2011: 94.
• Senior synonym of Hypoponera lesnei: Bernard, 1967a: 88; Bolton, 1995b: 216; Bolton & Fisher, 2011: 94.
• Senior synonym of Hypoponera massiliensis: Bernard, 1967a: 88; Bolton, 1995b: 216; Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009: 498; Bolton & Fisher, 2011: 94.
• Senior synonym of Hypoponera oblongiceps: Bolton & Fisher, 2011: 94.
• Senior synonym of Hypoponera parva: Bernard, 1967a: 88; Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009: 498; Bolton & Fisher, 2011: 94.
• Senior synonym of Hypoponera ragusai santschii: Bolton & Fisher, 2011: 95.

Junior synonyms

• Hypoponera aethiopica (Forel, 1907)
  Obsolete combination(s): Hypoponera gleadowi aethiopica, Ponera gleadowi aethiopica
• Hypoponera formosae (Forel, 1913)
  Obsolete combination(s): Ponera japonica formosae
• Hypoponera gleadowi (Forel, 1895)
  Obsolete combination(s): Ponera gleadowi
• Hypoponera gleadowi decipiens (Forel, 1899)
  Obsolete combination(s): Ponera gleadowi decipiens
• Hypoponera gyptis (Santschi, 1921)
  Obsolete combination(s): Ponera gyptis
• Hypoponera lesnei (Bondroit, 1916)
  Obsolete combination(s): Ponera lesnei
• Hypoponera massiliensis (Bondroit, 1920)
  Obsolete combination(s): Ponera massiliensis
• Hypoponera oblongiceps (Smith, 1939)
  Obsolete combination(s): Ponera oblongiceps
• Hypoponera ragusai santschii (Emery, 1909)
  Obsolete combination(s): Ponera ragusai santschii

Obsolete combinations

• Ponera ragusai

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