Rhytidoponera enigmatica

AntWiki: The Ants --- Online
Rhytidoponera enigmatica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ectatomminae
Tribe: Ectatommini
Genus: Rhytidoponera
Species: R. enigmatica
Binomial name
Rhytidoponera enigmatica
Ward, 1980

Rhytidoponera enigmatica casent0281239 p 1 high.jpg

Rhytidoponera enigmatica casent0281239 d 1 high.jpg

Specimen Labels

At a Glance • Polygynous  

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -33.76666667° to -34.20666°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Australasian Region: Australia (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

AntMapLegend.png

Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

Check data from AntWeb

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.
pChart

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.
pChart

Biology

Life History Traits

  • Queen number: polygynous (Ward, 1983; Frumhoff & Ward, 1992)

Castes

Worker

Images from AntWeb

Rhytidoponera enigmatica casent0900531 h 1 high.jpgRhytidoponera enigmatica casent0900531 d 1 high.jpgRhytidoponera enigmatica casent0900531 p 1 high.jpgRhytidoponera enigmatica casent0900531 l 1 high.jpg
Paratype of Rhytidoponera enigmaticaWorker. Specimen code casent0900531. Photographer Ryan Perry, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by NHMUK, London, UK.

Nomenclature

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

  • enigmatica. Rhytidoponera enigmatica Ward, 1980: 484, figs. 7-9, 20, 21, 27, 30 (w.m.) AUSTRALIA (New South Wales).
    • Type-material: holotype worker, 1062 paratype workers, 10 paratype males.
    • Type-locality: holotype Australia: New South Wales, Stringy Bark Creek, Lane Cove West, 33°49’S, 151°09’E, 10 m., 30.iv.1977, acc. 2442, under stone (P.S. Ward); paratypes: 179 workers with same data, 904 workers, 10 males from type-locality, accs 2444, 2447-2450, 2675-2677, 2681, 2682, 2684 (P.S. Ward), 27 workers New South Wales, Roseville Chase, 5.viii.1976 (B.B. Lowery), 121 workers Roseville Chase, 33°46’S, 151°12’E, 80 m., 12.i.1977, acc. 2143 (P.S. Ward), 1 worker New South Wales, Mossman, 33°50’S, 151°14’E, 20 m., 29.iii.1976, acc. 1603 (P.S. Ward), 1 worker New South Wales, Manly Dam, 33°47’S, 151°15’E, 30 m., 12.i.1977, acc. 2133 (P.S. Ward), 6 workers New South Wales, Sydney, Coal and Candle Creek, 1.xi.1970 (B.B. Lowery), 6 workers New South Wales, Cowan, 3.vii.1970 (B.B. Lowery), workers (numer not stated) New South Wales, Appin, 34°12’S, 150°46’E, 180 m., 20.x.1974, acc. 251 (P.S. Ward), “also 7 additional accessions (254, 579, 943, 944, 1582, 1583, 1584)” from the same locality (= Appin).
    • Type-depositories: ANIC (holotype); ANIC, BMNH, MCZC, “Australian State Museums” (presumably some or all of AMSC, MVMA, QMBA, SAMA, WAMP) (paratypes).
    • Status as species: Taylor & Brown, 1985: 43; Taylor, 1987a: 68; Bolton, 1995b: 379.
    • Distribution: Australia.

Type Material

Description

References

  • Ward, P. S. 1980a. A systematic revision of the Rhytidoponera impressa group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Australia and New Guinea. Aust. J. Zool. 28: 475-498 (page 484, figs. 7-9, 20, 21, 27, 30 worker described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Taylor R. W. 1987. A checklist of the ants of Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization) Division of Entomology Report 41: 1-92.
  • Ward P. S. 1980. A systematic revision of the Rhytidoponera impressa group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Australia and New Guinea. Aust. J. Zool. 28: 475-498.