Extant: 1 valid subspecies
Ponera maligna Smith, 1861b PDF: 44 (w.q.) INDONESIA (Sulawesi). Indomalaya. AntCat AntWiki HOLTaxonomic history
Combination in Trapeziopelta: Mayr, 1862 PDF: 715.Combination in Myopias: Bolton, 1995b: 269.Status as species: Mayr, 1862 PDF: 715; Roger, 1863b PDF: 19; Mayr, 1863a PDF: 457; Mayr, 1867a PDF: 82 (redescription); Smith, 1871a PDF: 322; Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 43; Emery, 1900b PDF: 313 (in key); Emery, 1901i PDF: 566; Emery, 1911e PDF: 93; Forel, 1911g PDF: 253; Donisthorpe, 1932c PDF: 468; Chapman & Capco, 1951 PDF: 75; Bolton, 1995b: 269; Pfeiffer et al., 2011 PDF: 56; Probst et al., 2015 10.13102/sociobiology.v62i2.192-212 PDF: 205 (in key).