• Taylor, 1967a: 52 (q.m.)
• Combination in Ponera: Wilson, 1957b: 381.
• Status as species: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 74; Baltazar, 1966: 247; Wilson, 1957b: 381 (redescription); Taylor, 1967a: 51 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 362; Leong et al., 2019: 21 (in key).

Obsolete combinations

• Selenopone oreas

Citations

• Baltazar, C. R. 1966. A catalogue of Philippine Hymenoptera (with a bibliography, 1758-1963). Pacific Insects Monograph 8:1-488. PDF
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Chapman, J. W.; Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monographs of the Institute of Science and Technology. Manila 1:1-327. PDF
• Leong, C.-M.; Guénard, B.; Shiao, S.-F.; Lin, C.-C. 2019. Taxonomic revision of the genus Ponera Latreille, 1804 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Taiwan and Japan, with a key to East Asian species. Zootaxa 4594:1-86. 10.11646/zootaxa.4594.1.1 PDF
• Taylor, R. W. 1967a. A monographic revision of the ant genus Ponera Latreille (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Pacific Insects Monograph 13:1-112. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1933g. Three obscure genera of ponerine ants. American Museum Novitates 672:1-23. PDF
• Wilson, E. O. 1957b. The tenuis and selenophora groups of the ant genus Ponera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 116:355-386. PDF