Ponera gigantea Perty, 1833: 135, pl. 27, fig. 3 (w.) BRAZIL (Amazonas). Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Diller, 1990: 70). Primary type locality: Brazil: Rio Negro (“called Tucanquibura by locals”) (Spix). Primary type depository: ZSBS. Primary type specimen: ZSMHYM25181. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 2 paralectotype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: ZSBS. Secondary type specimens: ZSMHYM25182, ZSMHYM25183.