| Name | Authorship | Pages | Forms | Locality | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ponera jeanneli | Santschi, 1935b | 262, fig. 3c-e | w. | KENYA | |
| Ponera jerdonii | Forel, 1900f | 327 | w. | INDIA (Maharashtra, West Bengal, Kerala, Assam) | |
| Ponera johannae | Forel, 1891c | 220, pl. 5, fig. 11 | w. | MADAGASCAR | |
| Ponera josephi | Forel, 1886b | xl | w. | BRAZIL (Bahia) | |
| Ponera kalakauae | Forel, 1899a | 115 | w.-q. intercaste, q. | HAWAII | |
| Ponera kohmoku | Terayama, 1996b | 9, figs. 1-6 | w.q. | JAPAN | |
| Ponera laeviceps | Smith, 1857a | 69 | w. | BORNEO (East Malaysia: Sarawak) | |
| Ponera laevigata | Smith, 1858a | 98 | w. | BRAZIL (Amazonas) | |
| Ponera laeviuscula | Gerstäcker, 1859 | 262 | w. | MOZAMBIQUE | |
| Ponera lamellosa | Forel, 1907d | 4 | w. | WEST MALAYSIA | |
| Ponera lamellosa | Roger, 1860 | 295 | w. | SOUTH AFRICA | |
| Ponera lamottei | Bernard, 1953b | 204, fig. 3B | w. | GUINEA | |
| Ponera lea | Santschi, 1937g | 73, fig. 2a-d | w. | SIERRA LEONE | |
| Ponera leae | Forel, 1913h | 175 | w. | AUSTRALIA (Tasmania) | |
| Ponera leae subsp. norfolkensis | Wheeler, 1935c | 72 | |||
| Ponera leae subsp. oculata | Wheeler, 1927i | 130, fig. 1 | w.q. | AUSTRALIA (Norfolk) | |
| Ponera leeuwenhoeki | Forel, 1886d | 244 | w. | INDIA (Assam) | |
| Ponera leninei | Santschi, 1925b | 7 | w. | BRAZIL (Paraná) | |
| †Ponera leptocephala | Emery, 1891b | 146, pl. 1, figs. 3, 4 | q. | ITALY (Sicily, Sicilian Amber, Oligocene) | |
| Ponera lesnei | Bondroit, 1916 | 212, fig. | w. | FRANCE | |
| Ponera leveillei | Emery, 1890b | 61 | w. | VENEZUELA | |
| Ponera libani | Tohmé, 1969a | 7, figs. 4-6 | w. | LEBANON | |
| Ponera linearis | Smith, 1858a | 96 | w.m. | BRAZIL (Pará) | |
| †Ponera lobulifera | Dlussky, 2009 | 1057, figs. 6a,b | m. | BALTIC AMBER (Eocene) | |
| Ponera loi | Taylor, 1967a | 60, figs. 52-55 | w.q. | SAMOA (Upolu) | |
| †Ponera longaeva | Heer, 1849 | 148, pl. 12, fig. 5 | q. | GERMANY (Miocene) | |
| Ponera longiceps | Forel, 1913l | 13 | w. | INDONESIA (Java) | |
| Ponera longiceps | Menozzi, 1931b | 262, fig. 2 | w. | COSTA RICA | |
| Ponera longlina | Xu, 2001a | 56, figs. 16-18 | w. | CHINA (Yunnan) | |
| Ponera lotti | Weber, 1942b | 45, fig. 5 | w. | SOUTH SUDAN | |
| Ponera ludovicae | Forel, 1892o | 249 | w. | MADAGASCAR | |
| Ponera lumpurensis | Forel, 1907d | 3 | w. | WEST MALAYSIA | |
| Ponera lumpurensis r. slamatana | Forel, 1913l | 10 | q. | INDONESIA (Sumatra) | |
| Ponera lunaris | Emery, 1896g | 55, pl. 1, fig. 12 | w. | PARAGUAY | |
| Ponera lutea | Mayr, 1862 | 721 | w.q. | AUSTRALIA (New South Wales) | |
| Ponera luteipes | Mayr, 1862 | 722 | w.q. | INDIA (Nicobar Is) | |
| Ponera luteola | Roger, 1861b | 166 | w. | PERU | |
| Ponera macradelphe | Wilson, 1958g | 330 | w. | NEW GUINEA | |
| Ponera malayana | Wheeler, 1929h | 35 | w.m. | WEST MALAYSIA (Penang) | |
| Ponera maligna | Smith, 1861b | 44 | w.q. | INDONESIA (Sulawesi) | |
| Ponera mandibularis | Bernard, 1953b | 205, fig. 3F | w.q. | GUINEA | |
| Ponera manni | Taylor, 1967a | 86, figs. 76, 77 | w. | FIJI IS (Viti Levu) | |
| Ponera marginata | Roger, 1861a | 8 | w.q.m. | BRAZIL (Minas Gerais) | |
| Ponera massiliensis | Bondroit, 1920a | 158 (in corrigenda) | |||
| Ponera maxillosa | Smith, 1858a | 93 | w.m. | MAURITIUS | |
| †Ponera mayri | Dlussky, 2009 | 1057, figs. 6c-f | m. | BALTIC AMBER (Eocene) | |
| Ponera melanaria | Emery, 1893i | 260 (footnote) | w. | SRI LANKA | |
| Ponera melanaria r. australis | Forel, 1900b | 62 | w. | AUSTRALIA (Queensland) | |
| Ponera melanaria var. macra | Emery, 1894b | 68 | w. | SEYCHELLES (Mahé) | |
| Ponera melina | Roger, 1860 | 291 | w.q.m. | EUROPE |