Acanthoponera (Anacanthoponera) brouni subsp. kirki Wheeler, 1923f: 184, fig. 4 (w.eq.) NEW ZEALAND. Australasia.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated, “numerous”), 1 syntype ergatoid queen. Primary type locality: New Zealand: Waitakari Forest, nr Auckland, 5.ix.1914 (W.M. Wheeler). Primary type depository: MCZC, MZSP. Type notes: Original description cites colony as containing “about 100 individuals”.