Ponera spiniventris Smith, 1858a: 92 (m.) SIERRA LEONE. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype male. Primary type locality: Sierra Leone: (no further data) (D.F. Morgan). Primary type depository: BMNH. Primary type specimen: CASENT0900681. Type notes: Smith, 1858a: 92, states, “In all probability this is the male of Paltothyreus pestilentia.”