Hypoponera aethiopica (Forel)

Type location Ethiopia (Ponera Gleadowi Forel subsp. aethiopica n. subsp., Forel, 1907c: 132, queen; raised to species, as Ponera aethiopica, by Bernard, 1952: 199, in key)
queen only described (new combination in Hypoponera, in Bolton, 1995) . Placed under Hypoponera ragusai by Bolton & Fisher (2011: 16)

Forel's (1907c) description is at .

WORKER (after Bernard, 1952) - TL 2.5 mm; reddish-yellow; antennal scape not reaching the posterior border of the head; declivity of propodeum straight (otherwise somewhat similar to sinuosa).

Wheeler (1922) listed the subspecies aethiopica as also known from South Africa (Cape Province).

In Bernard's key so, presumably, known from Guinea (no details). Bernard also noted it as from southern and eastern Africa, plus ?Asia.