Rhytidoponera koumensis Ward, 1984: 146, figs. 31, 32, 37, 38 (w.m.) NEW CALEDONIA. Australasia.

Primary type information: Type-material: holotype worker. Type-locality: New Caledonia: Grottes de Koum, 40 m., 20°32’S, 164°20’E, 3.v.1980, acc. no. 4209, in soil, dry rainforest, on limestone (P.S. Ward). Type-depository: ANIC. Secondary type information: Paratype-material: paratype workers (number not stated), 1 paratype male. Paratype-locality: paratypes with same data but acc. nos 4196, 4202, 4209 (P.S. Ward), 7 paratype workers 9 km. NNE Koumac, 80 m., 20°29’S, 164°18’E, 3.v.1980, acc. 4210 (P.S. Ward). Paratype-depositories: ANIC, BMNH, BPBM, MCZC, MNHN, NHMB, PSWC.