• Poneridae as family: Smith, 1851: 6 [Poneridae]; Smith, 1858a: 76 [Poneridae]; Smith, 1861b: 44 [Poneridae]; Smith, 1871a: 320 [Poneridae]; Taschenberg, 1880: 261, 264, 707 [Poneridae]; André, 1882b: 125, 227 [Poneridae]; White, 1884: 258 [Poneridae]; Cresson, 1887: 93 [Poneridae]; Emery, 1894h: 379 [Poneridae]; Saunders, 1896: 18 [Poneridae]; Ashmead, 1905c: 382 [Poneridae]; Novák & Sadil, 1941: 70 [Poneridae]; Bernard, 1951c: 1042 [Poneridae]; Bernard, 1953b: 185 [Poneridae].
• Ponerini as tribe of Formicidae: André, 1874b: 170 [Poneridae].
• Ponerini as tribe of Poneridae: Forel, 1895b: 111 [Poneri].
• Ponerini as tribe of Ponerinae: Forel, 1893b: 163 [Ponerii]; Emery, 1895d: 261 [Ponerii]; Emery, 1895l: 767 [Ponerii]; Forel, 1895b: 111 [Poneri]; Forel, 1899b: 2 [Ponerii]; Forel, 1900f: 303 [Ponerii]; Emery, 1901b: 36 [Ponerii]; Forel, 1901c: 6 [Ponerii]; Ruzsky, 1905b: 174 [Ponerii]; Ashmead, 1905c: 382 [Ponerini]; Forel, 1908a: 64 [Ponerii]; Emery, 1909d: 362 [Ponerii]; Wheeler, 1910a: 135 [Ponerii]; Emery, 1911e: 54; Santschi, 1914b: 46 [Ponerini]; Wheeler, 1915i: 27; Arnold, 1915: 36; Emery, 1916a: 104 [Ponerini]; Forel, 1917: 237; Gallardo, 1918c: 7; Wheeler, 1922: 638, 646 [Ponerini]; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 17; Kempf, 1972b: 262; Smith, 1979: 1339; Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988: 78; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 10; Brandão, 1991: 389; Bolton, 2003: 43, 158; Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014: 52.
• Poneriti as subtribe of Ponerinae: Brandão, 1991: 389. Nomen nudum; proposed without diagnosis.
• Ponerini as senior synonym of †Archiponerini: Bolton, 1994: 164; Bolton, 1995b: 9; Bolton, 2003: 43, 159; Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014: 52.
• Ponerini as senior synonym of Centromyrmecini: Brown, 1953c: 9; Bolton, 1995b: 10; Bolton, 2003: 158; Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014: 52.
• Ponerini as senior synonym of Dorylozelini: Taylor, 1969: 132; Bolton, 1995b: 11; Bolton, 2003: 158; Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014: 52.
• Ponerini as senior synonym of Drepanognathini: Bolton, 1994: 164; Bolton, 1995b: 11; Bolton, 2003: 43, 158; Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014: 52.
• Ponerini as senior synonym of Euponerini: Bolton, 1994: 164; Bolton, 1995b: 11; Bolton, 2003: 43, 158; Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014: 52.
• Ponerini as senior synonym of Harpegnathini: Bolton, 1994: 164; Bolton, 1995b: 12; Bolton, 2003: 158; Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014: 52.
• Ponerini as senior synonym of Leptogenyini: Emery, 1895d: 262 (footnote); Brown, 1963a: 3; Bolton, 1994: 164; Bolton, 1995b: 12; Bolton, 2003: 43, 158; Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014: 52.
• Ponerini as senior synonym of Odontomachini: Bolton, 1994: 164; Bolton, 1995b: 14; Bolton, 2003: 158; Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014: 52.
• Ponerini as senior synonym of Pachycondylini: Bolton, 1994: 164; Bolton, 1995b: 14; Bolton, 2003: 43, 158; Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014: 52.
• Ponerini as senior synonym of Plectroctenini: Bolton, 1994: 164; Bolton, 1995b: 14; Bolton & Brown, 2002: 2; Bolton, 2003: 43, 158; Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014: 52.
• Ponerini as senior synonym of Pseudoneoponerini: Bolton, 2003: 43, 159; Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014: 52.
• Ponerini as senior synonym of Thaumatomyrmecini: Schmidt & Shattuck, 2014: 53.

Junior synonyms

• †Archiponerini Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988
• Centromyrmecini Emery, 1911
• Dorylozelini Wheeler, 1922
• Drepanognathini Ashmead, 1905
• Euponerini Emery, 1909
  Obsolete classification(s): Euponerinae
• Harpegnathini Forel, 1900
• Leptogenyini Forel, 1893
  Obsolete classification(s): Leptogenysii
• Odontomachini Mayr, 1862
  Obsolete classification(s): Odontomachidae
• Pachycondylini Ashmead, 1905
  Obsolete classification(s): Pachycondylinae
• Plectroctenini Emery, 1911
• Pseudoneoponerini Chapman & Capco, 1951
• Thaumatomyrmecini Emery, 1901

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