Ponera (Hypoponera) occidentalis Bernard, 1953b: 205, fig. 3I (w.) GUINEA. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: 4 syntype workers. Primary type locality: Guinea (“French Guinea”): Nimba Mts, Crête de Nion, 1300 m., 25.iv.1942, st. B6 26 (M. Lamotte). Primary type depository: MNHN.