• Junior synonym of Neoponera villosa: Roger, 1861a: 1; Roger, 1862c: 288; Roger, 1863b: 18; Mayr, 1863a: 440; Mayr, 1865: 65; Dalla Torre, 1893: 35; Pergande, 1896: 873; Forel, 1899b: 14; Emery, 1911e: 72; Gallardo, 1918a: 57; Borgmeier, 1923: 68; Creighton, 1950a: 43; Kempf, 1972b: 163; Smith, 1979: 1340; Bolton, 1995b: 308; MacKay & MacKay, 2010: 571; Fernandes et al., 2014: 155.

Obsolete combinations

• Ponera pilosa

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