Taxonomic history
Replacement name for Rhytidoponera hilli (Clark, 1941). [Junior secondary homonym of Rhytidoponera hilli Crawley, 1915.].Junior synonym of Rhytidoponera obscura: Brown, 1958g PDF: 203, 286.[Note: both Rhytidoponera clarki Donisthorpe, 1943, and Rhytidoponera hilli (Clark, 1941), are junior synonyms of Rhytidoponera obscura (Forel, 1900) (itself a junior primary homonym of Gnamptogenys obscura (Emery, 1896)) (synonymy by Brown, 1958g PDF: 203); hence Rhytidoponera clarki Donisthorpe, 1943 is first available replacement name for Rhytidoponera hilli (Clark, 1941) (Brown, 1958g PDF: 203, 286).].Status as species: Brown, 1958g PDF: 203, 286; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 41; Taylor, 1987a PDF: 68; Bolton, 1995b: 378.
