• Forel, 1915b: 12 (m.)
• Combination in Rhytidoponera: Emery, 1911e: 38
• Subspecies of Rhytidoponera cornuta: Emery, 1911e: 38; Wheeler, 1915h: 805; Forel, 1915b: 12.
• Status as species: Clark, 1936: 25 (redescription); Brown, 1958g: 205; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 48; Taylor, 1987a: 71; Bolton, 1995b: 381; Heterick, 2009: 137; Camacho et al., 2022: 12.
• Senior synonym of Rhytidoponera cerastes brevior: Clark, 1936: 25; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 48; Taylor, 1987a: 71; Bolton, 1995b: 381.
• Senior synonym of Rhytidoponera cornuta fusciventris: Clark, 1936: 25; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 48; Taylor, 1987a: 71; Bolton, 1995b: 381.

Junior synonyms

• Rhytidoponera cerastes brevior Crawley, 1925
• Rhytidoponera cornuta fusciventris Stitz, 1911

Obsolete combinations

• Ectatomma cornutum taurus

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• 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
• Camacho, G. P.; Franco, W.; Branstetter, M. G.; Pie, M. R.; Longino, J. T.; Schultz, T. R.; Feitosa, R. M. 2022. UCE phylogenomics resolves major relationships among ectaheteromorph ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ectatomminae, Heteroponerinae): a new classification for the subfamilies and the description of a new genus. Insect Systematics and Diversity 6 (1): 5:1-20. 10.1093/isd/ixab026 PDF
• Clark, J. 1936. A revision of Australian species of Rhytidoponera Mayr (Formicidae). Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 9:14-89. PDF
• Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118:1-125. PDF
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• Forel, A. 1915b. Results of Dr. E. Mjöbergs Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910-13. 2. Ameisen. Arkiv för Zoologi 9(16):1-119. PDF
• Heterick, B. E. 2009. A guide to the ants of south-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 76:1-206. PDF
• Taylor, R. W. 1987a. A checklist of the ants of Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization) Division of Entomology Report 41:1-92. PDF
• Taylor, R. W.; Brown, D. R. 1985. Formicoidea. Zoological Catalogue of Australia 2:1-149, 306-348.
• Wheeler, W. M. 1915h. Hymenoptera. [In "Scientific notes on an expedition into the north-western regions of South Australia".]. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 39:805-823. PDF