Rhytidoponera wilsoni Brown, 1958g: 294, fig. 38 (w.) NEW CALEDONIA. Australasia.

Primary type information: Type-material: holotype worker. Type-locality: New Caledonia: Mt Mou, N Paita, 180-400 m., 10.xii.1954, acc. 110, on foliage (E.O. Wilson). Type-depository: MCZC. Secondary type information: Paratype-material: paratype workers (number not stated). Paratype-locality: paratypes with same data as holotype, and New Caledonia: Le Chapeau Gendarme, E Yahoué (E.O. Wilson), New Caledonia: Ciu, nr Mt Canala (E.O. Wilson). Paratype-depositories: MCZC, USNM. Type notes: Accession numbers of paratypes are 73, 74, 80, 84, 96; the text does not indicate which numbers are associated with which specimens.