Ponera spei var. fidelis Santschi, 1926b: 207, fig. 1C (w.q.) SOUTH AFRICA. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: 1 syntype worker, 1 syntype queen. Primary type locality: South Africa: Natal, Krantz Kloof, 21.i.1914 (H.B. Marley) (received from Arnold). Primary type depository: NHMB. Type notes: 1) Baroni Urbani, 1973b: 137, cites 1 queen syntype in NHMB as ‘holotype’. 2) The worker syntype was not found (Bolton & Fisher, 2011: 101).