Rhytidoponera litoralis Ward, 1984: 159, figs. 65, 66, 71, 72 (w.) NEW CALEDONIA. Australasia.

Primary type information: Type-material: holotype worker. Type-locality: New Caledonia: 3 km. N Goro, 5 m., 22°16’S, 167°01’E, 26.iv.1980, acc. no. 4117, rotting log, rainforest (P.S. Ward). Type-depository: ANIC. Secondary type information: Paratype-material: paratype workers (number not stated). Paratype-locality: paratypes with same data as holotype but acc. nos 4116, 4117, 4118, 4129 (P.S. Ward), paratype workers 6 km. SE Touaourou, <5 m., 22°14’S, 167°00’E, 27.iv.1980, acc. nos 4122-1, 4124 (P.S. Ward). Paratype-depositories: ANIC, BMNH, BPBM, MCZC, MNHN, PSWC.