<ref name="Whelden_1960">{{cite journal |first1=R. M. |last1=Whelden |year=1960 |title=The anatomy of ''Rhytidoponera'' ''metallica'' F. Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) |url= |journal=Annals of the Entomological Society of America |publisher= |volume=53 |issue= |pages=793–808 |doi= }}</ref>