• Santschi, 1937h: 364 (gynecoid w.); Santschi, 1941: 273 (q.); Ogata, 1987a: 121 (m.); Imai & Kubota, 1972: 194 (k.)
• Combination in Ponera (Hypoponera): Santschi, 1938b: 79.
• Combination in Ponera: Wilson, 1957b: 381.
• Status as species: Santschi, 1937h: 364; Santschi, 1941: 273; Azuma, 1951: 86; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 72; Azuma, 1953: 1; Wilson, 1957b: 381 (redescription); Taylor, 1967a: 49 (redescription); Collingwood, 1976a: 300; Azuma, 1977a: 112; Onoyama, 1980a: 196; Ogata, 1987a: 121; Morisita et al., 1989: 23; Bolton, 1995b: 362; Terayama, 1996b: 14 (in key); Kim et al., 1998: 150; Imai et al., 2003: 216; Radchenko, 2005b: 132; Zhou, 2006: 579; Yoshimura et al., 2009: 200 (in key); Zhou & Ran, 2010: 110; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 62; Leong et al., 2019: 43 (redescription).
• Senior synonym of Ponera yakushimensis: Yoshimura et al., 2009: 195; Leong et al., 2019: 43.

Junior synonyms

• Ponera yakushimensis Tanaka, 1974

Citations

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