Euponera testacea obsolete combination Guinea. Afrotropic.
Bernard, F. 1953b ("1952"). La réserve naturelle intégrale du Mt Nimba. XI. Hyménoptères Formicidae. Mémoires de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire 19:165-270.   122637

Mesoponera testacea valid Guinea. Afrotropic.
Bernard, F. 1953b ("1952"). La réserve naturelle intégrale du Mt Nimba. XI. Hyménoptères Formicidae. Mémoires de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire 19:165-270.   122637

Ponera testacea valid France (Corsica), ITALY. Palearctic.
Emery, C. 1895n. Sopra alcune formiche della fauna mediterranea. Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna (5)5:59-75 [pagination of separate: 291-307].   124601

Tetraponera testacea obsolete combination South America. Neotropic.
Smith, F. 1852. Descriptions of some hymenopterous insects captured in India, with notes on their economy, by Ezra T. Downes, Esq., who presented them to the Honourable the East India Company. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (2)9:44-50.   128668