Ponera abyssinica Guérin-Méneville, 1849: 352, pl. 7, fig. 6 (w.) ETHIOPIA. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype (?) worker. Primary type locality: Ethiopia (“Abyssinia”): (no further data). Primary type depository: MNHN. Type notes: 1) No indication of number of specimens is given. 2) According to Horn & Kahle, 1935: 99, Guérin’s Hymenoptera material was split between MNHN, MSNG, and ZSBS, but some are also present in NNML.