• [Misspelled as jeannebi by Santschi, 1938b: 80.]
• Combination in Ponera (Hypoponera): Santschi, 1938b: 79.
• Combination in Hypoponera: Bolton, 1995b: 215.
• Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 215; Bolton & Fisher, 2011: 62 (redescription); Hita Garcia et al., 2013: 219.
• Senior synonym of Hypoponera abyssinica: Bolton & Fisher, 2011: 62.
• Senior synonym of Hypoponera imatongica: Bolton & Fisher, 2011: 62.

Junior synonyms

• Hypoponera abyssinica (Santschi, 1938)
  Obsolete combination(s): Hypoponera jeanneli abyssinica, Ponera jeanneli abyssinica
• Hypoponera imatongica (Weber, 1942)
  Obsolete combination(s): Ponera coarctata imatongica

Obsolete combinations

• Ponera jeanneli

Citations

• Baroni Urbani, C. 1973b. Katalog der Typen von Formicidae (Hymenoptera) der Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums Basel. Mitteilungen der Entomologischen Gesellschaft Basel (n.s.)23:122-152.
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Bolton, B.; Fisher, B. L. 2011. Taxonomy of Afrotropical and West Palaearctic ants of the ponerine genus Hypoponera Santschi (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 2843:1-118. PDF
• Hita Garcia, F.; Wiesel, E.; Fischer, G. 2013. The ants of Kenya (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)—faunal overview, first species checklist, bibliography, accounts for all genera, and discussion on taxonomy and zoogeography. Journal of East African Natural History 101 (2):127-222. PDF
• Santschi, F. 1935b. Hymenoptera. I. Formicidae. Mission Scientifique de l'Omo 2:255-277.
• Santschi, F. 1938b. Notes sur quelques Ponera Latr. Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 43:78-80. PDF