Taxonomic history
MacKay & MacKay, 2010 PDF: 562 (q.m.).Combination in Neoponera: Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014 PDF: 152.Junior synonym of Neoponera apicalis: Brown, 1957e PDF: 230; Kempf, 1972b PDF: 161; Bolton, 1995b: 311.Status as species: Wild, 2005 PDF: 10 (redescription); Wild, 2007b PDF: 40; Mackay et al., 2008 PDF: 199; MacKay & MacKay, 2010 PDF: 561 (redescription); Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012 PDF: 263; Bezděčková et al., 2015 PDF: 124; Feitosa, 2015c: 99; Fernández & Guerrero, 2019 PDF: 534.
