Taxonomic history
Combination in Rhytidoponera: Emery, 1911e PDF: 38.Subspecies of Rhytidoponera convexa: Emery, 1911e PDF: 38; Forel, 1915b PDF: 11; Crawley, 1922a PDF: 434; Crawley, 1925b PDF: 583; Wheeler, 1934d PDF: 139; Clark, 1936 PDF: 87 (redescription).Status as species: Brown, 1958g PDF: 205, 266; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 49; Taylor, 1987a PDF: 71; Bolton, 1995b: 381; Heterick, 2009 PDF: 140.Senior synonym of Rhytidoponera convexa gemma: Clark, 1936 PDF: 87; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 49; Taylor, 1987a PDF: 71; Bolton, 1995b: 381.Senior synonym of Rhytidoponera convexa opacior: Brown, 1958g PDF: 205, 266; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 49; Taylor, 1987a PDF: 71; Bolton, 1995b: 381.