Rhytidoponera insularis Ward, 1984: 157, figs. 53, 54, 59, 60 (w.) NEW CALEDONIA. Australasia.

Primary type information: Type-material: holotype worker. Type-locality: New Caledonia: Ile des Pins, Baie d’Oupi, <5 m., 22°38’S, 167°32’E, 10.v.1980, acc. no. 7582, on low vegetation, rainforest (P.S. Ward). Type-depository: ANIC. Secondary type information: Paratype-material: paratype workers (number not stated). Paratype-locality: paratypes with same data as holotype but acc. nos 4282-2, 4285-1 (P.S. Ward), paratype workers Ile des Pins, Tribu de Touéte, 10 m., 22°35’S, 167°31’E, acc. nos 4276-2, 4278 (P.S. Ward), paratype workers Ile des Pins, Kuto Peninsula, 15 m., 22°40’S, 167°26’E, acc. nos 4271, 4288, 4289, 4290, 4293-1, 4294-2 (P.S. Ward), 9 paratype workers Ile des Pins, Kuto Peninsula, 1.iv.1977 (W.L. Brown). Paratype-depositories: ANIC, BMNH, BPBM, MCZC, MNHN, PSWC.