• Taylor, 1967a: 74 (q.).
• Combination in Selenopone: Wheeler, 1933g: 22.
• Combination in Ponera (Hypoponera): Santschi, 1938b: 79.
• Combination in Ponera: Wilson, 1957b: 377.
• Status as species: Emery, 1911e: 90; Mann, 1919: 296; Wheeler, 1933g: 22; Wheeler, 1935g: 12; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 68, 74 (combinations in Ponera, Selenopone, respectively); Wilson, 1957b: 377 (redescription); Wilson, 1958g: 327; Taylor, 1967a: 73 (redescription); Taylor, 1976a: 79; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 38; Taylor, 1987a: 63; Bolton, 1995b: 360; Clouse, 2007b: 270; Sarnat et al., 2013: 73.

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