• Lectotype designation: Troya & Lattke, 2022: 42.
• [Misspelled as levigata by Dalla Torre, 1893: 34.]
• Wheeler, 1936e: 162 (q.m.); Troya & Lattke, 2022: 43 (q.), 44 (m.)
• Combination in Euponera (Mesoponera): Emery, 1901b: 47.
• Combination in Termitopone: Wheeler, 1936e: 159.
• Combination in Pachycondyla: Mayr, 1886c: 358; Brown, 1995a: 306.
• Combination in Neoponera: Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014: 151.
• Status as species: Mayr, 1863a: 448; Mayr, 1886c: 358; Emery, 1892c: 167; Dalla Torre, 1893: 34; Forel, 1895b: 114; Forel, 1899b: 13; Emery, 1911e: 82; Wheeler, 1916c: 2; Borgmeier, 1923: 71; Wheeler, 1936e: 161 (redescription); Borgmeier, 1959a: 314; Kempf, 1972b: 249; Bolton, 1995b: 306; Mackay et al., 2008: 195; MacKay & MacKay, 2010: 414 (redescription); Feitosa, 2015c: 99; Fernández & Guerrero, 2019: 534; Troya & Lattke, 2022: 42 (redescription).
• Senior synonym of Neoponera gagatina: Emery, 1892c: 167; Dalla Torre, 1893: 34; Forel, 1895b: 114; Forel, 1899b: 13; Emery, 1911e: 82; Borgmeier, 1923: 71; Kempf, 1972b: 249; Bolton, 1995b: 306; MacKay & MacKay, 2010: 414; Troya & Lattke, 2022: 42.
• Senior synonym of Neoponera laevigata whelpleyi: Wheeler, 1936e: 164 (in text); Kempf, 1972b: 249; Bolton, 1995b: 306; MacKay & MacKay, 2010: 414; Troya & Lattke, 2022: 42.

Junior synonyms

• Neoponera gagatina (Emery, 1890)
  Obsolete combination(s): Pachycondyla gagatina
• Neoponera laevigata whelpleyi (Wheeler, 1922)
  Obsolete combination(s): Euponera laevigata whelpleyi

Obsolete combinations

• Euponera laevigata
• Ponera laevigata

Citations

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