• Poneracantha as subgenus of Ectatomma: Emery, 1911e: 43; Forel, 1917: 236; Wheeler, 1922: 643; Donisthorpe, 1943g: 685.
• Poneracantha as junior synonym of Gnamptogenys: Brown, 1958g: 211; Kempf, 1972b: 111; Smith, 1979: 1337; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 10; Bolton, 1995b: 43; Bolton, 2003: 174.
• Poneracantha as genus: Camacho et al., 2022: 11.
• Poneracantha as senior synonym of Barbourella: Camacho et al., 2022: 11.
• Poneracantha as senior synonym of Parectatomma: Camacho et al., 2022: 11.

Junior synonyms

• Barbourella Wheeler, 1930
• Parectatomma Emery, 1911
  Obsolete classification(s): Ectatomma (Parectatomma)

Obsolete classifications

• Ectatomma (Poneracantha)

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and classification of Formicidae. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 71:1-370. PDF
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• Camacho, G. P.; Franco, W.; Branstetter, M. G.; Pie, M. R.; Longino, J. T.; Schultz, T. R.; Feitosa, R. M. 2022. UCE phylogenomics resolves major relationships among ectaheteromorph ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ectatomminae, Heteroponerinae): a new classification for the subfamilies and the description of a new genus. Insect Systematics and Diversity 6 (1): 5:1-20. 10.1093/isd/ixab026 PDF
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• Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118:1-125. PDF
• Forel, A. 1917. Cadre synoptique actuel de la faune universelle des fourmis. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 51:229-253. PDF
• Hölldobler, B.; Wilson, E. O. 1990. The ants. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, xii + 732 pp.
• Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
• Smith, D. R. 1979. Superfamily Formicoidea. Pp. 1323-1467 in: Krombein, K. V.; Hurd, P. D.; Smith, D. R.; Burks, B. D. (eds.) 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America north of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. i-xvi, 1199-2209.
• Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.