Rhytidoponera crassinodis

Rhytidoponera crassinodis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Ectatomminae
Tribe:	Ectatommini
Genus:	Rhytidoponera
Species:	R. crassinodis
Binomial name
	Rhytidoponera crassinodis; (Forel, 1907) Specimen Labels

Photo Gallery

Rhytidoponera crassinodis is a relatively large species found in the northern parts of Western Australia and in to central Australia. Roebourne, Western Australia. Photo by Farhan Bokhari, 21 May 21 2011.
Rhytidoponera crassinodis. Roebourne, Western Australia. Photo by Farhan Bokhari, 21 May 21 2011.
Rhytidoponera crassinodis. Roebourne, Western Australia. Photo by Farhan Bokhari, 21 May 21 2011.

Identification

Keys including this Species

Key to Rhytidoponera of the southwestern Australian Botanical Province

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 22.5045° to -28.35°.


North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Australasian Region: Australia (type locality).

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

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

crassinodis. Ectatomma (Rhytidoponera) crassinode Forel, 1907h: 270 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Western Australia).
- Type-material: holotype worker.
- Type-locality: Australia: Western Australia, stat. 76 Day Dawn, 1905 (Michaelsen & Hartmeyer).
- Type-depository: unknown.
- [Note: Taylor & Brown, 1985: 42, report that the holotype (Hamburg Museum) was probably destroyed in World War II.]
- Forel, 1915b: 11 (m.).
- Combination in Rhytidoponera: Emery, 1911d: 38.
- Status as species: Emery, 1911d: 38; Forel, 1915b: 11; Clark, 1936: 75 (redescription); Brown, 1958g: 203; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 42; Taylor, 1987a: 68; Bolton, 1995b: 379; Heterick, 2009: 138.
- Distribution: Australia.

Type Material

Ectatomma crassinode: Holotype, probably destroyed in ZMHB (Berlin) in WW II, Day Dawn, Western Australia, Australia.

Description

References

Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118: 1-125 (page 38, Combination in Rhytidoponera)
Forel, A. 1907j. Formicidae. In: Michaelsen, W., Hartmeyer, R. (eds.) Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Band I, Lieferung 7. Jena: Gustav Fischer, pp. 263-310. (page 270, worker described)
Forel, A. 1915b. Results of Dr. E. Mjöbergs Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910-13. 2. Ameisen. Ark. Zool. 9(1 16: 1-119 (page 11, male d*Heterick, B.E. 2022. A guide to the ants of Western Australia. Part II: Distribution and biology. Records of the Western Australian Museum, supplement 86: 247-510 (doi:10.18195/issn.0313-122x.86.2022.247-510).

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