• [Unresolved junior primary homonym of Pseudoponera cognata Emery, 1896g (Bolton, 1995b: 213).]
• Bernard, 1953b: 202 (q.)
• Combination in Hypoponera: Bolton, 1995b: 213
• Subspecies of Hypoponera ergatandria: Forel, 1913k: 203; Arnold, 1915: 81 (redescription); Wheeler, 1922: 781; Santschi, 1926b: 208.
• Status as species: Bernard, 1953b: 202; Bolton, 1995b: 213.
• Junior synonym of Hypoponera punctatissima: Bolton & Fisher, 2011: 87

Obsolete combinations

• Ponera cognata
• Ponera ergatandria cognata

Citations

• Arnold, G. 1915. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part I. Ponerinae, Dorylinae. Annals of the South African Museum 14:1-159. PDF
• Baroni Urbani, C. 1973b. Katalog der Typen von Formicidae (Hymenoptera) der Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums Basel. Mitteilungen der Entomologischen Gesellschaft Basel (n.s.)23:122-152.
• Bernard, F. 1953b ("1952"). La réserve naturelle intégrale du Mt Nimba. XI. Hyménoptères Formicidae. Mémoires de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire 19:165-270. PDF
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Bolton, B.; Fisher, B. L. 2011. Taxonomy of Afrotropical and West Palaearctic ants of the ponerine genus Hypoponera Santschi (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 2843:1-118. PDF
• Forel, A. 1913k. Ameisen aus Rhodesia, Kapland usw. (Hym.) gesammelt von Herrn G. Arnold, Dr. H. Brauns und Anderen. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1913(Suppl.):203-225. PDF
• Santschi, F. 1912b. Fourmis d'Afrique et de Madagascar. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 56:150-167. PDF
• Santschi, F. 1926b. Description de nouveaux Formicides éthiopiens (IIIme partie). Revue Zoologique Africaine (Brussels) 13:207-267. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.