Ponera scalprata Smith, 1858a: 84, pl. 6, figs. 21, 22 (w.) INDIA. Indomalaya.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: India: “N. Ind. 54/16” (Hooker). Primary type depository: BMNH. Primary type specimen: CASENT0915970. Type notes: BMNH accessions register gives: “1854 no. 16. N. India (Sikkim, Him.) From Dr Hooker’s collection. Collected by Dr Hooker during his travels in n. India. A few of the insects were from Khasya Hills.” (Bolton (unpublished notes) 1978).