• †Poneropterus in †Armaniidae: Dlussky, 1983: 67; Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988: 77; Grimaldi et al., 1997: 7.
• †Poneropterus in †Sphecomyrminae: Wilson, 1987b: 49.
• †Poneropterus in †Armaniinae, †Armaniini: Bolton, 1994: 187; Bolton, 1995b: 43; Bolton, 2003: 74, 260.
• †Poneropterus incertae sedis in Formicidae: Borysenko, 2017: 14.
• †Poneropterus as junior synonym of †Sphecomyrma: Wilson, 1987b: 49; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 9.
• †Poneropterus as genus: Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988: 77; Carpenter, 1992: 494; Bolton, 1995b: 43; Grimaldi et al., 1997: 7; Bolton, 2003: 74, 260.

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