Rhytidoponera terrestris Ward, 1984: 168, figs. 43, 44, 49, 50 (w.m.) NEW CALEDONIA. Australasia.

Primary type information: Type-material: holotype worker. Type-locality: New Caledonia: Toma River, Col d’Amieu Forest Station, 380 m., 21°35’S, 165°46’E, 23.ii.1977, acc. no. 2316, nest in soil, rainforest (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 as holotype but acc. nos 2315, 2316 (P.S. Ward), 3 paratype workers Table Unio, 740 m., 21°34’S, 165°46’E, 22.ii.1977, acc. no. 2313 (P.S. Ward). Paratype-depositories: ANIC, BMNH, BPBM, MCZC, MNHN, PSWC.