Ponera bawana Xu, 2001c: 220, figs. 19-21 (w.q.) CHINA (Yunnan). Indomalaya.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: China: Yunnan Prov., Baoshan City, Bawan Town, Bawan, 1500 m., 11.viii.1998, No. A98-2097, pine forest (Q. Long). Primary type depository: SFCY. Primary type specimen: ANTWEB1060518. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 2 paratype queens. Paratype-locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depository: SFCY.