Ponera spiniventris Smith, 1858a: 92 (m.) SIERRA LEONE. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Type-material: holotype male. Type-locality: Sierra Leone: (no further data) (D.F. Morgan). Type-depository: BMNH. Type notes: Smith, 1858a: 92, states, “In all probability this is the male of Paltothyreus pestilentia.”