Ponera aliena Smith, 1858a: 99 (w.) BRAZIL. Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Brazil: “type. F.Sm.Coll. 79.22”, (no further data) (W. Swainson). Primary type depository: BMNH. Type notes: A specimen originally regarded as a second syntype of Hypoponera aliena, is a worker of Hypoponera gleadowi Forel, 1895k, according to a det. label applied by R.W. Taylor, 25.iv.1965 (Bolton (unpublished notes) 1978).