• [Junior primary homonym of Leptogenys simillima Smith, 1860b.]
• Unnecessary replacement name: Prionopelta majuscula Emery, 1897c (replacement name for Prionopelta simillima Smith, 1860b).
• [Note: Prionopelta majuscula was later thought to be oldest junior synonym of Prionopelta simillima Smith, 1860b, hence first available replacement name (Brown, 1953c: 12; Wilson, 1958c: 144) but Prionopelta nominata Smith, 1871a is the oldest and first available.]
• Combination in Ponera: Roger, 1863b: 16
• Combination in Rhopalopone: Emery, 1900b: 311 (footnote); Emery, 1911e: 35; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 27
• Combination in Prionopelta: Brown, 1953c: 12.
• Junior synonym of Hypoponera confinis: Roger, 1863b: 16; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 69; Tiwari, 1999: 29.
• [Note: seniority given to Hypoponera confinis by Roger, Chapman & Capco, and Tiwari; synonymies erroneous.]
• Senior synonym of Hypoponera confinis: Dalla Torre, 1893: 42; Emery, 1893i: 190; Emery, 1911e: 90.
• [Note: seniority given to Prionopelta simillima by Dalla Torre, and Emery; synonymies erroneous.]
• Subspecies of Hypoponera punctatissima Roger, 1859: Emery, 1893g: 190 (error); Emery, 1895m: 460 (error).
• Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 42; Emery, 1900b: 311 (footnote); Emery, 1911e: 35; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 27.
• Junior synonym of Prionopelta majuscula: Brown, 1953c: 12; Wilson, 1958c: 148; Brown, 1960a: 177; Shattuck, 2008b: 27.
• Unnecessary (second) replacement name for Prionopelta simillima Smith, 1860b: Prionopelta poultoni Donisthorpe, 1932c
• Replacement name: Prionopelta nominata Smith, 1871a (replacement name for Prionopelta simillima Smith, 1860b).

Obsolete combinations

• Ponera simillima

Citations

• Brown, W. L., Jr. 1953c. Characters and synonymies among the genera of ants. Part I. Breviora 11:1-13. PDF
• Brown, W. L., Jr. 1960a. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. III. Tribe Amblyoponini (Hymenoptera). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 122:143-230. PDF
• Chapman, J. W.; Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monographs of the Institute of Science and Technology. Manila 1:1-327. PDF
• Dalla Torre, K. W. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. PDF
• Emery, C. 1893g. Formicides de l'Archipel Malais. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 1:187-229. PDF
• Emery, C. 1893i. Voyage de M. E. Simon aux îles Philippines (mars et avril 1890). Formicides. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 62:259-270. PDF
• Emery, C. 1895m. Viaggio di Leonardo Fea in Birmania e regioni vicine. LXIII. Formiche di Birmania del Tenasserim e dei Monti Carin raccolte da L. Fea. Parte II. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale 34[=(2)14]:450-483.
• Emery, C. 1900b. Formicidarum species novae vel minus cognitae in collectione Musaei Nationalis Hungarici quas in Nova-Guinea, colonia germanica, collegit L. Biró. Publicatio secunda. Természetrajzi Füzetek 23:310-338. PDF
• Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118:1-125. PDF
• Roger, J. 1863b. Verzeichniss der Formiciden-Gattungen und Arten. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 7(Beilage):1-65. PDF
• Shattuck, S. O. 2008b. Revision of the ant genus Prionopelta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Indo-Pacific region. Zootaxa 1846:21-34. PDF
• Smith, F. 1860b. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace in the islands of Bachian, Kaisaa, Amboyna, Gilolo, and at Dory in New Guinea. Journal and Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology 5(17b)(suppl. to vol. 4):93-143. PDF
• Tiwari, R. N. 1999. Taxonomic studies on ants of southern India (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Memoirs of the Zoological Survey of India 18(4):1-96. PDF
• Wilson, E. O. 1958c. Studies on the ant fauna of Melanesia. I. The tribe Leptogenyini. II. The tribes Amblyoponini and Platythyreini. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 118:101-153. PDF