Rhytidoponera rufonigra

This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Rhytidoponera punctata.

Nomenclature

 * rufonigra. Rhytidoponera rufonigra Clark, 1936: 58, pl. 5, figs. 35, 36 (w.m.) AUSTRALIA (Western Australia).
 * Type-material: syntype workers, syntype males (numbers not stated).
 * Type-localities: Australia: Western Australia, Perth, Mundaring, and Armadale (J. Clark).
 * Type-depository: MVMA.
 * Status as species: Brown, 1958g: 204; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 47; Taylor, 1987a: 70; Bolton, 1995b: 380; Heterick, 2009: 139.
 * Junior synonym of punctata: Heterick, 2021: 16.