Pseudoponera is a small genus of ponerine ants. The genus was described by Emery in 1900. The genus contains five species, all native to the Neotropics,Brown, W. L., Jr. 1973b. A comparison of the Hylean and Congo-West African rain forest ant faunas. Pp. 161-185 in: Meggers, B. J., Ayensu, E. S., Duckworth, W. D. (eds.) Tropical forest ecosystems in Africa and South America: a comparative review. Wash (page 184, Pseudoponera as junior synonym of Pachycondyla (provisional)) however P. stigma is present as an introduced species in Oceania and parts of east and Southeast Asia.Chapman, J. W.; Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monogr. Inst. Sci. Technol. Manila 1: 1-327 (page 74, Pseudoponera as genus)Bingham, C. T. 1903. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Hymenoptera, Vol. II. Ants and Cuckoo-wasps. London: Taylor and Francis, 506 pp. (page 91, Pseudoponera as genus)Wheeler, W. M. 1922i. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VII. Keys to the genera and subgenera of ants. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 45: 631-710 (page 649, Pseudoponera as genus)
Species As of 2026, five species belong to Pseudoponera. Pseudoponera cognata (Emery, 1896) Pseudoponera gilberti (Kempf, 1960) Pseudoponera gilloglyi (MacKay & MacKay, 2010) Pseudoponera stigma (Fabricius, 1804) Pseudoponera succedanea (Roger, 1863)
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