Extant: 1 valid subspecies
Ponera iridescens Smith, 1857a PDF: 66 (w.) BORNEO. Indomalaya. AntCat AntWiki HOLTaxonomic history
Wheeler & Wheeler, 1976a PDF: 51 (l.); Imai et al., 1984 PDF: 67 (k.).Combination in Lobopelta: Roger, 1863b PDF: 19.Combination in Leptogenys: Forel, 1901k PDF: 329.