Ponera pentodontos Xu, 2001a: 53, figs. 1-3 (w.) CHINA (Yunnan). Palearctic.

Primary type information: Type-material: holotype worker. Type-locality: China: Yunnan Prov., Mengla County, Bubang Village, 730 m., 17.viii.1997, No. A97-2046, soil sample, seasonal rainforest (G. Zeng). Type-depository: SFCY. Secondary type information: Paratype-material: 10 paratype workers. Paratype-locality: 1 paratype worker with same data as holotype, 1 paratype worker with same data as holotype but No. A97-2028, 8 paratype workers with same data as holotype but No. A97-2089. Paratype-depository: SFCY.