Ponera vernacula Kempf, 1962b: 13, figs. 13, 16 (w.) BRAZIL (São Paulo). Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Brazil: São Paulo, Serra de Cantareira Mts, vic. São Paulo City, 31.i.1960, (Kempf coll. no. 3394) (W.W. Kempf & V. dos Santos). Primary type depository: MZSP. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 7 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: MCZC, MZSP.