• Lectotype designation: Baroni Urbani, 1973b: 136.
• Combination in Ponera (Hypoponera): Santschi, 1938b: 79.
• Combination in Hypoponera: Taylor, 1967a: 12.
• Subspecies of Ponera coarctata: Wheeler, 1922: 780; Arnold, 1926: 208.
• Status as species: Santschi, 1938b: 79; Taylor, 1967a: 12; Bolton, 1995b: 215; Bolton & Fisher, 2011: 74 (redescription).

Obsolete combinations

• Ponera coarctata natalensis

Citations

• Arnold, G. 1926. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Appendix. Annals of the South African Museum 23:191-295. PDF
• 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
• Santschi, F. 1914e. Meddelanden från Göteborgs Musei Zoologiska Afdelning. 3. Fourmis du Natal et du Zoulouland récoltées par le Dr. I. Trägårdh. Göteborgs Kungliga Vetenskaps och Vitterhets Samhälles Handlingar 15:1-44.
• Santschi, F. 1938b. Notes sur quelques Ponera Latr. Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 43:78-80. PDF
• Taylor, R. W. 1967a. A monographic revision of the ant genus Ponera Latreille (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Pacific Insects Monograph 13:1-112. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.