• [Junior primary homonym of Holcoponera striatula obscura Emery, 1896g.]
• Combination in Rhytidoponera (Chalcoponera): Emery, 1911e: 39
• Status as species: Emery, 1911e: 39; Emery, 1912a: 79
• Replacement name: Rhytidoponera clarki Donisthorpe, 1943f.
• [Note: Rhytidoponera clarki Donisthorpe, 1943f is replacement name for Rhytidoponera hilli Clark, 1941b (which itself is a junior secondary homonym of Rhytidoponera hilli Crawley, 1915a). Both Rhytidoponera clarki Donisthorpe, 1943f and Rhytidoponera hilli Clark, 1941b, are junior synonyms of Rhytidoponera obscura Forel, 1900b (synonymy by Brown, 1958g: 203); hence Rhytidoponera clarki Donisthorpe, 1943f is the first available replacement name (Brown, 1958g: 286).]

Obsolete combinations

• Ectatomma metallicum obscurum

Citations

• 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
• Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118:1-125. PDF
• Emery, C. 1912a. Revision der Rhytidoponera (subg. Chalcoponera) der metallica-Gruppe. (Hym.-Formic.). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1912:77-81. PDF
• Forel, A. 1900b. Ponerinae et Dorylinae d'Australie récoltés par MM. Turner, Froggatt, Nugent, Chase, Rothney, J.-J. Walker, etc. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 44:54-77. PDF