Primary type information:
Primary type material: 1 syntype worker, 1 syntype male. Primary type locality: Indonesia: Aru Is, “Aru 24” (A.R. Wallace). Primary type depository: BMNH.
Type notes:
The syntype male is now lost. A worker in OXUM has “Ponera rugosa Smith. Aru,” written on the underside of the card. This specimen also has a Donisthorpe type-label, “worker Ectatomma rugosa Smith, TYPE.” This specimen is not type-material of Rhytidoponera rugosa, but is the holotype of Rhytidoponera wallaceiDonisthorpe, 1932c, as is indicated on a lower label.