Rhytidoponera celtinodis
Rhytidoponera celtinodis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Ectatomminae |
Tribe: | Ectatommini |
Genus: | Rhytidoponera |
Species: | R. celtinodis |
Binomial name | |
Rhytidoponera celtinodis Wilson, 1958 |
Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -3.324166667° to -5.333°.
North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Indonesia (type locality), New Guinea.
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
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Countries Occupied
Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species. |
Estimated Abundance
Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species. |
Biology
Castes
Worker
Images from AntWeb
Holotype of Rhytidoponera celtinodis. Worker. Specimen code castype06887. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by CAS, San Francisco, CA, USA. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- celtinodis. Rhytidoponera celtinodis Wilson, 1958d: 309 (w.) NEW GUINEA (Indonesia) (date of publication (31).viii.1958).
- Type-material: holotype worker, 6 paratype workers.
- Type-locality: holotype Indonesia: Irian Jaya (“Netherlands New Guinea”), Maffin Bay, 10.ix.1944 (E.S. Ross); paratypes: 3 workers with same data, 3 workers with same data but 1.vii.1944, and 14.ix.1944.
- Type-depositories: CASC (holotype); CASC, MCZC (paratypes).
- [Rhytidoponera celtinodis Brown, 1958g: 202 (date of publication (30).vi.1958). Nomen nudum (attributed to Wilson).]
- Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 378.
- Distribution: Indonesia (Irian Jaya).
Type Material
- Holotype, worker, Maffin Bay, Irian Jaya, Indonesia, Museum of Comparative Zoology.
- Paratype, 1 worker, Maffin Bay, Irian Jaya, Indonesia, Museum of Comparative Zoology.
Description
References
- Wilson, E. O. 1958g. Studies on the ant fauna of Melanesia III. Rhytidoponera in western Melanesia and the Moluccas. IV. The tribe Ponerini. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 119: 303-371 (page 309, worker described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Brown W. L., Jr. 1958. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. II. Tribe Ectatommini (Hymenoptera). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 118: 173-362.
- Janda M., G. D. Alpert, M. L. Borowiec, E. P. Economo, P. Klimes, E. Sarnat, and S. O. Shattuck. 2011. Cheklist of ants described and recorded from New Guinea and associated islands. Available on http://www.newguineants.org/. Accessed on 24th Feb. 2011.
- Snelling R. R. 2000. Ants of the Wapoga river area, Irian Jaya, Indonesia. In Mack, Andrew L. and Leeanne E. Alonso (eds.). 2000. A Biological Assessment of the Wapoga River Area of Northwestern Irian Jaya, Indonesia. RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment 14, Conservation International, Washington, DC.
- Wilson E. O. 1958. Studies on the ant fauna of Melanesia III. Rhytidoponera in western Melanesia and the Moluccas. IV. The tribe Ponerini. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 119: 303-371.
- Wilson E.O. 1959. Adaptive shift and dispersal in a tropical ant fauna. Evolution 13(1): 122-144.
- Wilson Edward O. 1959. Adaptive Shift and Dispersal in a Tropical Ant Fauna. Evolution 13(1): 122-144