Heteroponera rhodopygea Taylor, 2015b: 161, figs. 1, 10-13 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Queensland). Australasia.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Australia: Queensland, Thornton Range (16°14’S, 145°26’E), 150-180 m., 23.vi.1971, ANIC vials 12/27, 32, 35, 36, ANIC berlesate 327 (R.W. Taylor & J.D. Feehan). Primary type depository: ANIC. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 20 paratype workers (“from 4 separately collected colony series”). Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: ANIC, QMBA. Type notes: There is no specific indication of the vial/berlesate number of the holotype.