Hypoponera defessa Bolton & Fisher, 2011: 38, figs. 25-27 (w.) GHANA. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Ghana: Poano, ix.1992 (R. Belshaw). Primary type depository: BMNH. Primary type specimen: CASENT0902550. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 3 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depository: BMNH.