Ponera affinis

The identity of this taxon is uncertain and it is considered incertae sedis in Ponera.

Distribution based on type material
India.

Nomenclature

 * . Ponera affinis Jerdon, 1851: 118 (w.) INDIA (Karnataka/Kerala; “Malabar”).
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: India: Malabar (T.C. Jerdon).
 * Type-depository: unknown (no material known to exist).
 * [Duplicated in Jerdon, 1854b: 102.]
 * [Unresolved junior primary homonym of †Ponera affinis Heer, 1849: 147 (Bolton, 1995b: 360).]
 * Status as species: Smith, F. 1858b: 84; Mayr, 1863: 447; Smith, F. 1871a: 320; Dalla Torre, 1893: 37; Emery, 1911d: 116; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 68; Tiwari, 1999: 29.
 * Unidentifiable to genus; incertae sedis in Ponerinae: Emery, 1911d: 116.
 * Unidentifiable to genus; incertae sedis in Ponera: Bolton, 1995b: 360.
 * Distribution: India.