• Clark, 1936: 69 (m.)
• Combination in Rhytidoponera: Emery, 1911e: 38
• Subspecies of Rhytidoponera convexa: Emery, 1911e: 38.
• Status as species: Clark, 1936: 68 (redescription); Brown, 1958g: 204; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 46; Taylor, 1987a: 70; Bolton, 1995b: 380; Camacho et al., 2022: 12.
• Senior synonym of Rhytidoponera rothneyi mediana: Clark, 1936: 68; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 46; Taylor, 1987a: 70; Bolton, 1995b: 380.
• Senior synonym of Rhytidoponera pronotalis: Clark, 1936: 68; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 46; Taylor, 1987a: 70; Bolton, 1995b: 380.
• Senior synonym of Rhytidoponera rothneyi: Clark, 1936: 68; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 46; Taylor, 1987a: 70; Bolton, 1995b: 380.

Junior synonyms

• Rhytidoponera pronotalis Crawley, 1925
• Rhytidoponera rothneyi (Forel, 1900)
  Obsolete combination(s): Ectatomma rothneyi
• Rhytidoponera rothneyi mediana Viehmeyer, 1924

Obsolete combinations

• Ectatomma convexum nodiferum

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Brown, W. L., Jr. 1958g. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. II. Tribe Ectatommini (Hymenoptera). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 118:173-362. PDF
• Camacho, G. P.; Franco, W.; Branstetter, M. G.; Pie, M. R.; Longino, J. T.; Schultz, T. R.; Feitosa, R. M. 2022. UCE phylogenomics resolves major relationships among ectaheteromorph ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ectatomminae, Heteroponerinae): a new classification for the subfamilies and the description of a new genus. Insect Systematics and Diversity 6 (1): 5:1-20. 10.1093/isd/ixab026 PDF
• Clark, J. 1936. A revision of Australian species of Rhytidoponera Mayr (Formicidae). Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 9:14-89. PDF
• Emery, C. 1895h. Descriptions de quelques fourmis nouvelles d'Australie. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 39:345-358. PDF
• Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118:1-125. PDF
• Taylor, R. W. 1987a. A checklist of the ants of Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization) Division of Entomology Report 41:1-92. PDF
• Taylor, R. W.; Brown, D. R. 1985. Formicoidea. Zoological Catalogue of Australia 2:1-149, 306-348.