Rhytidoponera croesus

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Rhytidoponera croesus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ectatomminae
Tribe: Ectatommini
Genus: Rhytidoponera
Species: R. croesus
Binomial name
Rhytidoponera croesus
Emery, 1901

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Specimen Labels

Synonyms

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -27.92304° to -33.46527°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Australasian Region: Australia (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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.
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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.
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Biology

Castes

Worker

Images from AntWeb

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Syntype of Rhytidoponera croesusWorker. Specimen code casent0903833. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MSNG, Genoa, Italy.

Nomenclature

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

  • croesus. Rhytidoponera croesus Emery, 1901a: 50 (w.) AUSTRALIA (New South Wales).
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
    • Type-locality: Australia: New South Wales (no collector’s name).
    • Type-depositories: ANIC, MSNG.
    • Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1964b: 448 (l.).
    • Combination in R. (Chalcoponera): Emery, 1911d: 39.
    • Status as species: Emery, 1911d: 39; Emery, 1912a: 81; Forel, 1915b: 14; Brown, 1954g: 10; Brown, 1958g: 203; Baltazar, 1966: 234; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 42; Taylor, 1987a: 68; Bolton, 1995b: 379.
    • Senior synonym of andrei: Brown, 1954g: 10; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 42; Taylor, 1987a: 68; Bolton, 1995b: 379.
    • Senior synonym of fastuosa: Brown, 1954g: 10; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 42; Taylor, 1987a: 68; Bolton, 1995b: 379.
    • Distribution: Australia.
  • andrei. Chalcoponera victoriae var. andrei Wheeler, W.M. & Chapman, 1925: 59, pl. 2, figs. 3, 4 (w.) AUSTRALIA (New South Wales).
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated, “several”).
    • Type-locality: Australia: New South Wales, Dorrigo (W. Heron)
    • [Note: original description erroneously cites Victoria Mts as type-locality; corrected to Dorrigo from data on type-material by Brown, 1954g: 10.]
    • Type-depository: MCZC.
    • Subspecies of victoriae: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 26.
    • Junior synonym of croesus: Brown, 1954g: 10; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 42; Taylor, 1987a: 68; Bolton, 1995b: 378.
  • fastuosa. Rhytidoponera (Chalcoponera) fastuosa Santschi, 1916c: 174 (w.q.m.) AUSTRALIA (no state data).
    • Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated).
    • Type-locality: Australia: (no further data)(Duchaussoy).
    • Type-depository: NHMB.
    • Junior synonym of croesus: Brown, 1954g: 10; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 42; Taylor, 1987a: 68; Bolton, 1995b: 379.

Type Material

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Chapman, J.W. and S.R. Capco. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monographs of the Institute of Science and Technology (Manila) 1: 1- 327
  • Emery C. 1901. Notes sur les sous-familles des Dorylines et Ponérines (Famille des Formicides). Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 45: 32-54.
  • Forel A. 1915. Results of Dr. E. Mjöbergs Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910-13. 2. Ameisen. Ark. Zool. 9(16): 1-119
  • Taylor R. W., and D. R. Brown. 1985. Formicoidea. Zoological Catalogue of Australia 2: 1-149.