Rhytidoponera aquila Ward, 1984: 139, figs. 15, 16, 21, 22 (w.m.) NEW CALEDONIA. Australasia.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: New Caledonia: 3 km. SW Touho, 400 m., 20°48’S, 165°13’E, 20.iv.1980, acc. no. 4074, nest in soil, rainforest (P.S. Ward). Primary type depository: ANIC. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: paratype workers, paratype males (numbers not stated). Secondary type locality: same data as holotype but 270-400 m., acc. nos 4067, 4074, 4078 (P.S. Ward). Secondary type depositories: ANIC, BMNH, BPBM, MNHN, PSWC.