Ponera Latreille, 1804

Ponera Latreille, 1804: 179 . Type-species: Formica coarctata, by subsequent designation of Westwood, 1840: 83.

Pseudocryptopone Wheeler, 1933: 12 . Type-species: Cryptopone tenuis . Synonymized by Wilson, 1957: 356.

Selenopone Wheeler, 1933: 19 . Type-species: Ponera selenophora . Synonymized by Wilson, 1957: 356.

Pteroponera Bernard, 1950: 3 . Type-species: Pteroponera sysphinctoides . Synonymized by Brown, 1973: 184 (provisional); Bolton, 1994: 164.