• Combination in Hypoponera: Taylor & Brown, 1985: 32
• Status as species: Taylor & Brown, 1985: 32; Taylor, 1987a: 30; Bolton, 1995b: 216.

Obsolete combinations

• Ponera sulciceps

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Clark, J. 1928c. Excursion through Western District of Victoria. Entomological Reports. Formicidae. Victorian Naturalist (Melbourne) 45(Suppl.):39-44.
• Taylor, R. W. 1987a. A checklist of the ants of Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization) Division of Entomology Report 41:1-92. PDF
• Taylor, R. W.; Brown, D. R. 1985. Formicoidea. Zoological Catalogue of Australia 2:1-149, 306-348.