Rhytidoponera arborea Ward, 1984: 153, figs. 41, 42, 47, 48 (w.) NEW CALEDONIA. Australasia.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: New Caledonia: Col d’Amieu, 360 m., 21°36’S, 165°48’E, 20.ii.1977, acc. no. 2268, nest in cleft of rainforest tree (P.S. Ward). Primary type depository: ANIC. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: paratype workers (number not stated, “a series”). Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: ANIC, BMNH, BPBM, MCZC, MNHN, PSWC. Secondary type specimens: CASENT0281319, CASENT0900537.