Rhytidoponera opaciventris Ward, 1984: 145, figs. 17, 18, 23, 24 (w.m.) NEW CALEDONIA. Australasia.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: New Caledonia: Mt Panié, 100 m., 20°34’S, 164°46’E, 23.iv.1980, acc. no. 4094, under stone, rainforest (P.S. Ward). Primary type depository: ANIC. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: paratype workers, paratype males (numbers not stated). Secondary type locality: paratypes with same data but 100m., 300 m., 360 m., 390 m., 520 m., 600 m., 750 m., acc. nos 2172, 2184-1, 2185, 2189, 2190, 2200, 2205, 2208, 2213, 2214-1, 2215, 4081, 4082, 4094 (P.S. Ward), 3 paratype workers Mt Panié, 350 m., 28.x.1978 (J.C. Watt), 1 paratype worker Mt Panié, 500 m., 27.vi.1911 (F. Sarasin & J. Roux). Secondary type depositories: ANIC, BMNH, BPBM, MCZC, MNHN, NHMB, PSWC. Secondary type specimens: CASENT0281318, CASENT0900534.