• Clark, 1936: 56 (m.); Imai et al., 1977: 347 (k.)
• Combination in Ponera (Ectatomma): Roger, 1860: 307.
• Combination in Ectatomma: Roger, 1863b: 17.
• Combination in Ectatomma (Rhytidoponera): Emery, 1893m: 23.
• Combination in Rhytidoponera: Emery, 1911e: 38.
• Subspecies of Rhytidoponera punctata: Forel, 1907j: 268; Emery, 1911e: 38; Forel, 1913h: 174.
• Status as species: Mayr, 1863a: 409; Roger, 1860: 307; Roger, 1863b: 17; Mayr, 1886c: 358; Dalla Torre, 1893: 23; Clark, 1936: 55 (redescription); Brown, 1958g: 202, 263; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 40; Taylor, 1987a: 67; Bolton, 1995b: 378; Camacho et al., 2022: 12.
• Senior synonym of Rhytidoponera cristata caro: Clark, 1936: 55; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 40; Taylor, 1987a: 67; Bolton, 1995b: 378.
• Material of the unavailable name Rhytidoponera mayri glabrius laevior referred here Brown, 1958g: 202; Bolton, 1995b: 378.

Junior synonyms

• Rhytidoponera cristata caro (Forel, 1910)
  Obsolete combination(s): Ectatomma cristatum caro

Obsolete combinations

• Ectatomma aciculata

Citations

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