Ponera lea Santschi, 1937g: 73, fig. 2a-d (w.) SIERRA LEONE. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: 3 syntype workers. Primary type locality: Sierra Leone: Njala, 21.xii.1926, on palm (E. Hargreaves). Primary type depository: NHMB. Type notes: Only 1 syntype remains in NHMB, it consists of just a few leg fragments; other 2 syntypes lost or destroyed (Bolton & Fisher, 2011: 112).