• Status as species: Donisthorpe, 1948b: 299; Donisthorpe, 1948g: 132; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 27.
• Junior synonym of Rhytidoponera nexa: Wilson, 1958g: 312; Wilson, 1958g: 204; Bolton, 1995b: 379.

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Chapman, J. W.; Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monographs of the Institute of Science and Technology. Manila 1:1-327. PDF
• Donisthorpe, H. 1941h. The ants of Japen Island, Dutch New Guinea (Hym., Formicidae). Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 91:51-64. PDF
• Donisthorpe, H. 1948b ("1947"). A second instalment of the Ross Collection of ants from New Guinea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (11)14:297-317. PDF
• Donisthorpe, H. 1948g. A fourth instalment of the Ross Collection of ants from New Guinea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (12)1:131-143. PDF
• Wilson, E. O. 1958g. Studies on the ant fauna of Melanesia III. Rhytidoponera in western Melanesia and the Moluccas. IV. The tribe Ponerini. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 119:303-371. PDF
• Wilson, E. O. 1958g. [Untitled. Taxonomic actions attributed Wilson.]. Pp. 202-205 in: Brown, W. L., Jr. 1958g. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. II. Tribe Ectatommini (Hymenoptera). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 118:173-362. PDF