• Lectotype designation: Fernandes et al., 2014: 155.
• Roger, 1861a: 2 (w.q.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1952c: 615 (l.); Petralia & Vinson, 1980: 378 (l.); Fernandes et al., 2014: 159 (m.)
• Combination in Ponera: Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, 1835: 192.
• Combination in Pachycondyla: Mayr, 1862: 720; Brown, 1995a: 311.
• Combination in Neoponera: Emery, 1901b: 43; Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014: 152.
• Status as species: Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, 1835: 192; Roger, 1861a: 1 (redescription); Mayr, 1862: 720; Roger, 1862c: 287; Roger, 1863b: 18; Mayr, 1863a: 440; Mayr, 1865: 65; Mayr, 1870a: 397 (in key); Emery, 1878a: ix (in list); Forel, 1886a: 217; Emery, 1890b: 59, 74 (in key); Emery, 1890c: 43; Cameron, 1891: 91; Dalla Torre, 1893: 35; Emery, 1894l: 49; Forel, 1895b: 115; Emery, 1896h: 625; Pergande, 1896: 873; Forel, 1899b: 14; Forel, 1901k: 353; Wheeler, 1905c: 120; Emery, 1906c: 114; Forel, 1907d: 7; Forel, 1907h: 1; Wheeler, 1908a: 124; Wheeler, 1908h: 403 (redescription); Forel, 1908: 345; Forel, 1909a: 252; Wheeler, 1910a: 561; Emery, 1911e: 72; Forel, 1912d: 36; Mann, 1916: 412; Gallardo, 1918c: 56 (redescription); Luederwaldt, 1918: 35; Forel, 1921b: 133; Santschi, 1921g: 86; Borgmeier, 1923: 68; Wheeler, 1923a: 2; Wheeler, 1925a: 5; Borgmeier, 1934: 96; Wheeler, 1938: 251; Wheeler, 1942: 156; Creighton, 1950a: 43; Smith, 1951c: 785; Kusnezov, 1953c: 336; Smith, 1958c: 111; Kusnezov, 1969: 36 (in key); Kempf, 1970b: 326; Kempf, 1972b: 163; Kempf & Lenko, 1976: 54; Smith, 1979: 1340; Bolton, 1995b: 311; Wild, 2003: 16; Wild, 2007b: 40; Mackay et al., 2008: 200; MacKay & MacKay, 2010: 571 (redescription); Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012: 263; Fernandes et al., 2014: 154 (redescription); Bezděčková et al., 2015: 124; Feitosa, 2015c: 99; Fernández & Guerrero, 2019: 535.
• Senior synonym of Neoponera bicolor: Roger, 1861a: 1; Roger, 1862c: 288; Roger, 1863b: 18; Mayr, 1863a: 440; Mayr, 1865: 65; Dalla Torre, 1893: 35; Forel, 1895b: 115; Pergande, 1896: 873; Forel, 1899b: 14; Wheeler, 1908a: 124; Emery, 1911e: 72; Gallardo, 1918a: 57; Borgmeier, 1923: 68; Creighton, 1950a: 43; Kempf, 1972b: 163; Smith, 1979: 1340; Bolton, 1995b: 311; MacKay & MacKay, 2010: 571; Fernandes et al., 2014: 155.
• Senior synonym of Neoponera pedunculata: Roger, 1861a: 1; Roger, 1862c: 288; Roger, 1863b: 18; Mayr, 1863a: 440; Mayr, 1865: 65; Dalla Torre, 1893: 35; Forel, 1895b: 115; Pergande, 1896: 873; Forel, 1899b: 14; Wheeler, 1908a: 124; Emery, 1911e: 72; Gallardo, 1918a: 57; Borgmeier, 1923: 68; Creighton, 1950a: 43; Kempf, 1972b: 163; Smith, 1979: 1341; Bolton, 1995b: 311; MacKay & MacKay, 2010: 571; Fernandes et al., 2014: 155.

Junior synonyms

• Neoponera bicolor (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)
  Obsolete combination(s): Ponera bicolor
• Neoponera pedunculata (Smith, 1858)
  Obsolete combination(s): Ponera pedunculata

Obsolete combinations

• Formica villosa
• Pachycondyla villosa

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