Ectatomma metallicum obscurum

This taxon is a junior homonym and has been replaced by Rhytidoponera clarki.

Nomenclature

 * obscurum. Ectatomma (Rhytidoponera) metallicum var. obscurum Forel, 1900b: 60 (w.q.m.) AUSTRALIA. [Unresolved junior primary homonym of Ectatomma obscurum Emery, 1896g: 48 (now in Gnamptogenys).] Combination in Rhytidoponera (Chalcoponera): Emery, 1911d: 39. Raised to species: Emery, 1911d: 39; Emery, 1912a: 79. Senior synonym of clarki (hence the latter is first available name for this taxon): Brown, 1958g: 203.