• Arnold, 1915: 82 (q.)
• Combination in Hypoponera: Bolton, 1995b: 214
• Status as species: Forel, 1910c: 245; Emery, 1911e: 90; Forel, 1913k: 203; Santschi, 1914b: 53; Forel, 1914d: 213; Arnold, 1915: 82 (redescription); Wheeler, 1922: 781; Arnold, 1926: 207; Menozzi, 1933a: 98; Finzi, 1939a: 161; Bernard, 1953b: 205; Prins, 1963: 99; Bolton, 1995b: 214; Bolton & Fisher, 2011: 43 (redescription); Hita Garcia et al., 2013: 219; Madl, 2019: 16.
• Senior synonym of Hypoponera lamottei: Bolton & Fisher, 2011: 43.
• Senior synonym of Hypoponera lotti: Bolton & Fisher, 2011: 43.
• Senior synonym of Hypoponera mandibularis: Bolton & Fisher, 2011: 43.
• Senior synonym of Hypoponera muscicola: Bolton & Fisher, 2011: 43.
• Senior synonym of Hypoponera rothkirchi: Bolton & Fisher, 2011: 43.
• Senior synonym of Hypoponera dulcis uncta: Bolton & Fisher, 2011: 43.
• Senior synonym of Hypoponera villiersi: Bolton & Fisher, 2011: 43.

Junior synonyms

• Hypoponera dulcis uncta (Santschi, 1914)
  Obsolete combination(s): Ponera dulcis uncta
• Hypoponera lamottei (Bernard, 1953)
  Obsolete combination(s): Ponera lamottei
• Hypoponera lotti (Weber, 1942)
  Obsolete combination(s): Ponera lotti
• Hypoponera mandibularis (Bernard, 1953)
  Obsolete combination(s): Ponera mandibularis
• Hypoponera muscicola (Weber, 1942)
  Obsolete combination(s): Ponera muscicola
• Hypoponera rothkirchi (Wasmann, 1918)
  Obsolete combination(s): Ponera rothkirchi
• Hypoponera villiersi (Bernard, 1953)
  Obsolete combination(s): Ponera villiersi

Obsolete combinations

• Ponera dulcis

Citations

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