• Donisthorpe, 1943e: 437 (m.)
• Combination in Rhytidoponera: Emery, 1897: 549.
• Subspecies of Rhytidoponera araneoides: Dalla Torre, 1893: 23; Emery, 1897: 549; Forel, 1901c: 7; Forel, 1907d: 2; Emery, 1911f: 531.
• Status as species: Emery, 1911e: 38; Viehmeyer, 1914c: 515; Karavaiev, 1925a: 77; Santschi, 1932d: 11; Wheeler, 1935g: 10; Donisthorpe, 1943e: 437; Donisthorpe, 1947c: 579; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 28; Brown, 1958g: 204; Wilson, 1958g: 316; Bolton, 1995b: 381; Camacho et al., 2022: 12.
• Senior synonym of Rhytidoponera strigosa curvata: Wilson, 1958g: 317; Wilson, 1958g: 204; Bolton, 1995b: 381.
• Senior synonym of Rhytidoponera subcyanea intricata: Wilson, 1958g: 317; Wilson, 1958g: 204; Bolton, 1995b: 381.
• Senior synonym of Rhytidoponera nitens: Wilson, 1958g: 317; Wilson, 1958g: 204; Bolton, 1995b: 381.
• Senior synonym of Rhytidoponera schlaginhaufeni: Wilson, 1958g: 317; Wilson, 1958g: 204; Bolton, 1995b: 381.

Junior synonyms

• Rhytidoponera nitens Donisthorpe, 1949
• Rhytidoponera schlaginhaufeni Viehmeyer, 1912
• Rhytidoponera strigosa curvata Stitz, 1912
• Rhytidoponera subcyanea intricata Emery, 1911

Obsolete combinations

• Ectatomma araneoides strigosum

Citations

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