• Combination in Ponera (Hypoponera): Santschi, 1938b: 79.
• Combination in Hypoponera: Bolton, 1995b: 214.
• Status as species: Wheeler, 1922: 781; Bernard, 1953b: 202 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 214; Bolton & Fisher, 2011: 61 (redescription); Hita Garcia et al., 2013: 219.

Obsolete combinations

• Ponera inaudax

Citations

• Bernard, F. 1953b ("1952"). La réserve naturelle intégrale du Mt Nimba. XI. Hyménoptères Formicidae. Mémoires de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire 19:165-270. PDF
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Bolton, B.; Fisher, B. L. 2011. Taxonomy of Afrotropical and West Palaearctic ants of the ponerine genus Hypoponera Santschi (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 2843:1-118. PDF
• Hita Garcia, F.; Wiesel, E.; Fischer, G. 2013. The ants of Kenya (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)—faunal overview, first species checklist, bibliography, accounts for all genera, and discussion on taxonomy and zoogeography. Journal of East African Natural History 101 (2):127-222. PDF
• Santschi, F. 1919h. Nouvelles fourmis du Congo Belge du Musée du Congo Belge, à Tervueren. Revue Zoologique Africaine (Brussels) 7:79-91. PDF
• Santschi, F. 1938b. Notes sur quelques Ponera Latr. Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 43:78-80. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.