Taxonomic history
Combination in Hypoponera: Kempf, 1972b PDF: 122.Junior synonym of Hypoponera punctatissima: Taylor, 1968a PDF: 65; Smith, 1979: 1343; Bolton & Fisher, 2011 PDF: 86; Radchenko, 2016: 72.[Note: Lubertazzi, 2019 10.3099/MCZ-43.1 PDF: 123, suggested that Hypoponera ergatandria may be a junior synonym of Hypoponera punctatissima, but no explicit statement of synonymy was provided.].Status as species: Emery, 1896g PDF: 54 (in key); Forel, 1899b PDF: 16; Wheeler, 1905c PDF: 82, 121; Forel, 1907d PDF: 2; Wheeler, 1908a PDF: 125; Wheeler, 1908h PDF: 405; Wheeler, 1910a PDF: 561; Emery, 1911e PDF: 92; Wheeler, 1913b PDF: 481; Wheeler, 1913e PDF: 239; Santschi, 1914b PDF: 53; Forel, 1914d PDF: 213; Wheeler & Mann, 1914 PDF: 13; Wheeler, 1922: 781; Menozzi, 1927c PDF: 267; Menozzi, 1929b PDF: 2; Menozzi & Russo, 1930 PDF: 151; Menozzi, 1931b PDF: 261; Weber, 1934a PDF: 23; Smith, 1936d PDF: 425; Wheeler, 1936c PDF: 195; Smith, 1937 PDF: 825; Wheeler, 1937c PDF: 59; Wheeler, 1938 PDF: 251; Weber, 1948b PDF: 79; Creighton, 1950a PDF: 48; Smith, 1951c PDF: 786; Smith, 1958c PDF: 112; Bernard, 1967a PDF: 89 (redescription); Kempf, 1972b PDF: 122; Alayo, 1974 PDF: 7 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 214; Seifert, 2013 PDF: 198; Borowiec, 2014 PDF: 82; Lebas et al., 2016: 404; Seifert, 2018: 149; Lubertazzi, 2019 10.3099/MCZ-43.1 PDF: 123.Literature records: Central (Forel 1907b).
Misidentification of Hypoponera punctatissima ; specimen examined (MHNG).