Ponera abyssinica Guérin-Méneville, 1849: 352, pl. 7, fig. 6 (w.) ETHIOPIA. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype(?) worker. Primary type locality: Ethiopia (“Abyssinia”): (no further data). Primary type depository: MNHN. Type notes: No indication of number of specimens is given.