Ponera pallidula var. fuscula Emery, 1901k: 158 (w.q.) NEW GUINEA (Papua New Guinea). Australasia.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated). Primary type locality: Papua New Guinea (“Nova-Guinea, Colonia Germanica”): Sattelberg (L. Biró). Primary type depository: MSNG.