• Forel, 1900f: 327 (q.); Imai et al., 1985: 47 (k.); Bharti et al., 2015: 44 (m.)
• Combination in Hypoponera: Wilson & Taylor, 1967b: 26
• Status as species: Roger, 1863b: 16; Mayr, 1863a: 448; Emery, 1895n: 63; Mayr, 1897: 422; Forel, 1900f: 327; Emery, 1900b: 316 (in key); Forel, 1901c: 8; Dahl, 1901: 19; Forel, 1902d: 293; Forel, 1903a: 713; Bingham, 1903: 91; Emery, 1911e: 90; Forel, 1911c: 215; Forel, 1912o: 52; Wheeler, 1913f: 233; Forel, 1913l: 11; Wheeler, 1919f: 57; Wheeler, 1924c: 242; Wheeler, 1935g: 12; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 69; Wilson, 1958g: 327; Wilson & Taylor, 1967b: 26; Dlussky, 1994a: 53; Bolton, 1995b: 213; Wu & Wang, 1995a: 40; Tiwari, 1999: 29; Wetterer, 2002: 128; Wetterer & Vargo, 2003: 416; Clouse, 2007b: 263; Framenau & Thomas, 2008: 77; Zhou & Ran, 2010: 104; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 59; Sarnat & Economo, 2012: 148; Sarnat et al., 2013: 73; Bharti et al., 2015: 42 (redescription); Bharti et al., 2016: 51; Dias et al., 2020: 110; Wang et al., 2022: 121.
• [Note: Hypoponera confinis as an erroneous synonym of Prionopelta simillima Smith, 1860b: Dalla Torre, 1893: 42 (error); Emery, 1893g: 190 (error); Tiwari, 1999: 29 (error).]
• Senior synonym of Hypoponera convexiuscula nautarum: Wilson & Taylor, 1967b: 26; Bolton, 1995b: 213.

Junior synonyms

• Hypoponera convexiuscula nautarum (Santschi, 1938)
  Obsolete combination(s): Ponera convexiuscula nautarum

Obsolete combinations

• Ponera confinis

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