Ponera tenella Emery, 1901k: 158, fig. (w.q.) NEW GUINEA (Papua New Guinea). Australasia.

Primary type information: Primary type material: 2 syntype workers, 1 syntype queen. Primary type locality: Papua New Guinea (“Nova-Guinea, Colonia Germanica”): Sattelberg (L. Biró). Primary type depositories: HNHM, MSNG.