• Combination in Ectatomma: Roger, 1863b: 17.
• Combination in Rhytidoponera: Emery, 1897: 549.
• Status as species: Roger, 1861b: 168; Mayr, 1863a: 409; Roger, 1863b: 17; Smith, 1871a: 323; Mayr, 1876: 90 (in key); Emery, 1887f: 444; Dalla Torre, 1893: 23; Emery, 1897: 549; Forel, 1901c: 6; Dahl, 1901: 18; Emery, 1901i: 566; Forel, 1911g: 254; Emery, 1911g: 249; Emery, 1911e: 37; Viehmeyer, 1913: 145; Karavaiev, 1925a: 76; Donisthorpe, 1932c: 454; Wheeler, 1935g: 10; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 27; Wilson, 1958g: 307; Wilson, 1958g: 202; Wilson, 1958g: 307; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 40; Taylor, 1987a: 67; Bolton, 1995b: 378; Sarnat et al., 2013: 69; Camacho et al., 2022: 12.
• Senior synonym of Rhytidoponera araneoides arcuata: Brown, 1958g: 202; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 40; Taylor, 1987a: 67; Bolton, 1995b: 378.
• Senior synonym of Rhytidoponera araneoides ceramensis: Wilson, 1958g: 307; Wilson, 1958g: 202; Bolton, 1995b: 378.
• Senior synonym of Rhytidoponera froggatti: Wilson, 1958g: 307; Wilson, 1958g: 202; Bolton, 1995b: 378.
• Senior synonym of Rhytidoponera araneoides impressinodis: Wilson, 1958g: 307; Wilson, 1958g: 202; Bolton, 1995b: 378.
• Senior synonym of Rhytidoponera rugosa: Roger, 1861b: 168; Mayr, 1876: 92; Dalla Torre, 1893: 23; Emery, 1911e: 37; Emery, 1912d: 271; Donisthorpe, 1932c: 454; Wilson, 1958g: 307; Brown, 1958g: 202; Bolton, 1995b: 378.

Junior synonyms

• Rhytidoponera araneoides arcuata Stitz, 1911
• Rhytidoponera araneoides ceramensis Viehmeyer, 1914
• Rhytidoponera araneoides impressinodis Stitz, 1912
• Rhytidoponera froggatti (Forel, 1910)
  Obsolete combination(s): Ectatomma froggatti
• Rhytidoponera rugosa (Smith, 1859)
  Obsolete combination(s): Ectatomma rugosa

Obsolete combinations

• Ectatomma araneoides
• Ponera araneoides

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