• Status as species: Emery, 1911e: 38; Karavaiev, 1925a: 78; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 28; Brown, 1958g: 205; Wilson, 1958g: 319; Bolton, 1995b: 381; Camacho et al., 2022: 12.
• Senior synonym of Rhytidoponera subcyanea aruana: Wilson, 1958g: 319; Wilson, 1958g: 205; Bolton, 1995b: 381.
• Senior synonym of Rhytidoponera subcyanea transversiruga: Wilson, 1958g: 319; Wilson, 1958g: 205; Bolton, 1995b: 381.
• Senior synonym of Rhytidoponera wallacei: Wilson, 1958g: 319; Wilson, 1958g: 205; Bolton, 1995b: 381.

Junior synonyms

• Rhytidoponera subcyanea aruana Karavaiev, 1925
• Rhytidoponera subcyanea transversiruga Emery, 1911
• Rhytidoponera wallacei Donisthorpe, 1932

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• 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
• Camacho, G. P.; Franco, W.; Branstetter, M. G.; Pie, M. R.; Longino, J. T.; Schultz, T. R.; Feitosa, R. M. 2022. UCE phylogenomics resolves major relationships among ectaheteromorph ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ectatomminae, Heteroponerinae): a new classification for the subfamilies and the description of a new genus. Insect Systematics and Diversity 6 (1): 5:1-20. 10.1093/isd/ixab026 PDF
• 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
• Emery, C. 1897. Viaggio di Lamberto Loria nella Papuasia orientale. XVIII. Formiche raccolte nella Nuova Guinea dal Dott. Lamberto Loria. Dummy reference. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale 38[=(2)18]:546-594.
• Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118:1-125. PDF
• Karavaiev, V. 1925a. Ponerinen (Fam. Formicidae) aus dem Indo-Australischen Gebiet. Konowia 4:69-81. 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