| Authorship | Forel, 1910b: 11 | 
|---|---|
| Forms | w. | 
| Bioregion | Australasia | 
| Locality | AUSTRALIA (New South Wales) | 
| Primary type information | Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: Australia: New South Wales (W.W. Froggatt). Primary type depositories: ANIC, MHNG, NHMB. | 
| Type notes | Baroni Urbani, 1973b: 129, cites 1 worker syntype in NHMB. | 
| Ectatomma cristatum caro | Subspecies | Obsolete combination an obsolete combination of Rhytidoponera cristata caro (Forel, 1910) | Original combination | 
| Rhytidoponera cristata caro | Subspecies | Synonym junior synonym of current valid taxon Rhytidoponera aciculata (Smith, 1858) |