• Clark, 1936: 28 (m.).
• Combination in Ectatomma: Mayr, 1863a: 409; Roger, 1863b: 17.
• Combination in Ectatomma (Rhytidoponera): Emery, 1893m: 23.
• Combination in Rhytidoponera: Emery, 1911e: 37.
• Status as species: Mayr, 1863a: 409; Roger, 1863b: 17; Mayr, 1876: 90 (in key); Emery, 1887f: 444; Dalla Torre, 1893: 23; Forel, 1910b: 10; Emery, 1911e: 37; Forel, 1915b: 14; Clark, 1936: 27 (redescription); Brown, 1958g: 202; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 41; Taylor, 1987a: 67; Bolton, 1995b: 378; Camacho et al., 2022: 12.
• Senior synonym of Rhytidoponera flava: Clark, 1936: 28; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 41; Taylor, 1987a: 67; Bolton, 1995b: 378.

Junior synonyms

• Rhytidoponera flava Crawley, 1915

Obsolete combinations

• Ponera aurata

Citations

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