• Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, 1835: 189 (w.q.); Smith, 1858a: 101 (m.); Mayr, 1862: 731 (q.m.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1952a: 117 (l.); Boudinot et al., 2024: 1 (m.)
• Combination in Ponera: Latreille, 1809: 128; Latreille, 1818b: 570.
• Combination in Paraponera: Smith, 1858a: 100
• [Combination in Camponotus: Mayr, 1884: 30 (error).]
• Status as species: Christ, 1791: 507; Fabricius, 1793: 360; Fabricius, 1804: 410; Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, 1835: 188; Smith, 1858a: 100; Roger, 1861a: 19; Mayr, 1862: 731; Roger, 1863b: 18; Mayr, 1863a: 440; Emery, 1890c: 42; Dalla Torre, 1893: 18; Emery, 1894l: 47; Forel, 1895b: 111; Forel, 1899b: 10; Emery, 1904b: 599; Wheeler, 1905c: 120; Forel, 1907h: 1; Forel, 1908: 340; Forel, 1909b: 58; Emery, 1911e: 27; Santschi, 1913h: 33; Mann, 1916: 402; Wheeler, 1916c: 2; Crawley, 1916b: 377; Luederwaldt, 1918: 34; Wheeler, 1923a: 2; Borgmeier, 1923: 52; Wheeler, 1925a: 2; Menozzi, 1935b: 190; Santschi, 1939f: 160; Brown, 1958g: 205; Kempf, 1970b: 324; Kempf, 1972b: 181; Fernández, 1993: 253; Bolton, 1995b: 312; Wild, 2007b: 38; Arias-Penna, 2008c: 120; Bezděčková et al., 2015: 122; Feitosa, 2015c: 98; Delsinne et al., 2019: 637.
• Senior synonym of Paraponera aculeata: Latreille, 1802a: 207; Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, 1835: 188; Mayr, 1863a: 440; Roger, 1863b: 18; Dalla Torre, 1893: 19; Forel, 1895b: 111; Forel, 1899b: 10; Emery, 1911e: 28; Santschi, 1913h: 33; Borgmeier, 1923: 52; Kempf, 1972b: 181; Bolton, 1995b: 312.
• Senior synonym of Paraponera tarsalis: Smith, 1858a: 100; Mayr, 1863a: 440; Roger, 1863b: 18; Dalla Torre, 1893: 19; Forel, 1895b: 111; Forel, 1899b: 10; Emery, 1911e: 28; Santschi, 1913h: 33; Borgmeier, 1923: 52; Kempf, 1972b: 181; Bolton, 1995b: 312.
• Material of the unavailable name Paraponera spininoda referred here by Latreille, 1802a: 207; Fabricius, 1804: 410; Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, 1835: 188; Smith, 1858a: 100; Mayr, 1863a: 440; Roger, 1863b: 18; Dalla Torre, 1893: 19; Forel, 1895b: 111; Forel, 1899b: 10; Emery, 1911e: 28; Borgmeier, 1923: 52; Kempf, 1972b: 181; Bolton, 1995b: 312.

Junior synonyms

• Paraponera aculeata (Olivier, 1792)
  Obsolete combination(s): Formica aculeata
• Paraponera tarsalis (Perty, 1833)
  Obsolete combination(s): Ponera tarsalis

Obsolete combinations

• Formica clavata

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