Rhytidoponera (subg. Rhytidoponera Mayr) subcyanea Em. var. aruana Karawajew, 1925a: 78, w.

Current status: junior synonym of Rhytidoponera aspera (Roger, 1860: 308) . Synonymy: Wilson 1958b: 319 (s/f Ectatomminae).

Type locality(-ies): “Ins. Kobror (Aroe-Archip.), Nr. 2542. Einige ww auf dem Waldboden gesammelt”.

Original Karawajew labels: 2 w, “Aroe, Kobror / V. Karavaiev, / 2542”, “ Rhytidoponera / (Rhytidopo- / nera) / subcyanea Em. / v. aruana Ka- / ravaiev, Typus / 1923”, “ Syntypus w Rhytidoponera subcyanea var. / aruana Kar.”.

Material: SYNTYPES, 2 w (CASENT0916802) (Box 2) .