Ponera (Ectatomma) ruida Roger, 1860: 306 (w.q.) BRAZIL, COLOMBIA, FRENCH GUIANA (Cayenne). Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: 1 syntype worker, 3 syntype queens. Primary type localities: Brazil: (no further data) (invalid restriction of type locality by Kempf, 1972b: 105; no lectotype designated), Colombia (no further data) (invalid restriction of type locality by Kugler & Brown, 1982: 2; no lectotype designated), French Guiana: Cayenne (no collector’s name). Primary type depository: MNHU. Primary type specimen: FOCOL0876.