• Lectotype designation: Taylor, 1967a: 76.
• Imai et al., 1984: 67 (k.)
• Combination in Ponera (Hypoponera): Santschi, 1938b: 79.
• Combination in Ponera: Taylor, 1967a: 76.
• Status as species: Emery, 1909d: 370; Yano, 1910a: 419; Emery, 1911e: 91; Wheeler, 1928d: 99; Santschi, 1937h: 364; Teranishi, 1940: 10; Santschi, 1941: 273; Azuma, 1951: 86; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 70; Azuma, 1953: 1; Taylor, 1967a: 76 (redescription); Collingwood, 1976a: 300; Azuma, 1977a: 112; Onoyama, 1980a: 196; Morisita et al., 1989: 23; Kupyanskaya, 1990a: 86; Wang, 1992: 678; Bolton, 1995b: 361; Terayama, 1996b: 14 (in key); Kim et al., 1998: 149; Imai et al., 2003: 216; Radchenko, 2005b: 131; Yoshimura et al., 2009: 201 (in key); Zhou & Ran, 2010: 109; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 61; Leong et al., 2019: 34 (redescription).
• Senior synonym of Ponera japonica crocea: Taylor, 1967a: 76; Azuma, 1977a: 112; Onoyama, 1980a: 196; Kupyanskaya, 1990a: 86; Bolton, 1995b: 361; Imai et al., 2003: 216; Radchenko, 2005b: 131; Leong et al., 2019: 34.

Junior synonyms

• Ponera japonica crocea Santschi, 1941

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