• Subspecies of Rhytidoponera strigosa: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 29.
• Status as species: Brown, 1958g: 204; Wilson, 1958g: 312; Bolton, 1995b: 380; Camacho et al., 2022: 12.
• Senior synonym of Rhytidoponera gagates: Wilson, 1958g: 312; Wilson, 1958g: 204; Bolton, 1995b: 380.
• Senior synonym of Rhytidoponera strigosa major: Wilson, 1958g: 312; Wilson, 1958g: 204; Bolton, 1995b: 380.
• Senior synonym of Rhytidoponera gagates waigeuensis: Wilson, 1958g: 312; Wilson, 1958g: 204; Bolton, 1995b: 380.

Junior synonyms

• Rhytidoponera gagates Donisthorpe, 1941
• Rhytidoponera gagates waigeuensis Donisthorpe, 1942
• Rhytidoponera strigosa major Stitz, 1912

Obsolete combinations

• Rhytidoponera strigosa nexa

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Brown, W. L., Jr. 1958g. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. II. Tribe Ectatommini (Hymenoptera). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 118:173-362. PDF
• Camacho, G. P.; Franco, W.; Branstetter, M. G.; Pie, M. R.; Longino, J. T.; Schultz, T. R.; Feitosa, R. M. 2022. UCE phylogenomics resolves major relationships among ectaheteromorph ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ectatomminae, Heteroponerinae): a new classification for the subfamilies and the description of a new genus. Insect Systematics and Diversity 6 (1): 5:1-20. 10.1093/isd/ixab026 PDF
• Chapman, J. W.; Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monographs of the Institute of Science and Technology. Manila 1:1-327. PDF
• Stitz, H. 1912. Ameisen aus Ceram und Neu-Guinea. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1912:498-514. PDF
• Wilson, E. O. 1958g. Studies on the ant fauna of Melanesia III. Rhytidoponera in western Melanesia and the Moluccas. IV. The tribe Ponerini. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 119:303-371. PDF
• Wilson, E. O. 1958g. [Untitled. Taxonomic actions attributed Wilson.]. Pp. 202-205 in: Brown, W. L., Jr. 1958g. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. II. Tribe Ectatommini (Hymenoptera). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 118:173-362. PDF