Rhytidoponera maniae

Rhytidoponera maniae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Ectatomminae
Tribe:	Ectatommini
Genus:	Rhytidoponera
Species:	R. maniae
Binomial name
Rhytidoponera maniae (Forel, 1900) Specimen Labels
Synonyms
Ectatomma convexum spatiatum Forel, 1900

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -28.04999924° to -34.86666667°.

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.

Castes

Worker

Images from AntWeb

Worker. Specimen code casent0281823. Photographer Shannon Hartman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by NHMUK, London, UK.

Syntype of Ectatomma convexum spatiatum. Worker. Specimen code casent0907139. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland.

Syntype of Rhytidoponera maniae. Worker. Specimen code casent0907148. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland.

Nomenclature

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

• maniae. Ectatomma (Rhytidoponera) maniae Forel, 1900b: 57 (w.) AUSTRALIA (South Australia).
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-locality: Australia: South Australia, Adelaide (Rothney).
  • Type-depository: MHNG.
  • Imai, Crozier & Taylor, 1977: 347 (k.).
  • Combination in Rhytidoponera: Emery, 1911d: 38.
  • Status as species: Emery, 1911d: 38; Clark, 1936: 65 (redescription); Brown, 1958g: 203, 271; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 45; Taylor, 1987a: 69; Bolton, 1995b: 379.
  • Senior synonym of spatiatum: Brown, 1958g: 203, 271; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 45; Taylor, 1987a: 69; Bolton, 1995b: 379.
  • Material of the unavailable name rotundata referred here by Clark, 1936: 65; Bolton, 1995b: 379.
  • Distribution: Australia.
• spatiatum. Ectatomma (Rhytidoponera) convexum var. spatiatum Forel, 1900b: 58 (w.) AUSTRALIA (South Australia).
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-locality: Australia: Southern Australia (no further data) (Froggatt).
  • Type-depositories: ANIC, MHNG.
  • Clark, 1936: 67 (m.).
  • Combination in Rhytidoponera: Emery, 1911d: 38.
  • Subspecies of convexa: Emery, 1911d: 38.
  • Status as species: Clark, 1936: 66.
  • Junior synonym of maniae: Brown, 1958g: 203, 271; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 45; Taylor, 1987a: 69; Bolton, 1995b: 380.

Type Material

• Ectatomma (Rhytidoponera) convexum spatiatum Forel, 1900: Syntype, 1 worker, Australia, Australia, Froggatt, ANIC32-011941, Australian National Insect Collection.
• Ectatomma (Rhytidoponera) convexum spatiatum Forel, 1900: Syntype, worker(s), southern Australia, Australia, Musee d'Histoire Naturelle Genève.
• Ectatomma (Rhytidoponera) maniae Forel, 1900: Syntype, 2 workers, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, Musee d'Histoire Naturelle Genève.
• Ectatomma (Rhytidoponera) maniae Forel, 1900: Syntype, 1 worker, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, Museum Victoria, Melbourne.

Description

Karyotype

• 2n = 39 (Australia) (Imai et al., 1977) (Robertsonian polymorphism).
• 2n = 44 (Australia) (Imai et al., 1977) (Robertsonian polymorphism).
• 2n = 45 (Australia) (Imai et al., 1977) (Robertsonian polymorphism).
• 2n = 46 (Australia) (Imai et al., 1977) (Robertsonian polymorphism).
• 2n = 47 (Australia) (Imai et al., 1977) (Robertsonian polymorphism).
• 2n = 48 (Australia) (Imai et al., 1977) (Robertsonian polymorphism).

References

• Brown, W. L., Jr. 1958g. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. II. Tribe Ectatommini (Hymenoptera). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 118: 173-362 (page 203, Senior synonym of spatiatum)
• Clark, J. 1936. A revision of Australian species of Rhytidoponera Mayr (Formicidae). Mem. Natl. Mus. Vic. 9: 14-89 (page 65, Material of the unavailable name rotundata referred here.)
• Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118: 1-125 (page 38, Combination in Rhytidoponera)
• Forel, A. 1900b. Ponerinae et Dorylinae d'Australie récoltés par MM. Turner, Froggatt, Nugent, Chase, Rothney, J.-J. Walker, etc. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 44: 54-77 (page 57, worker described)
• Imai, H. T.; Crozier, R. H.; Taylor, R. W. 1977. Karyotype evolution in Australian ants. Chromosoma (Berl.) 59: 341-393 (page 347, karyotype described)
• Mariano, C.S.F., Santos, I.S., Silva, J.G., Costa, M.A., Pompolo, S.G. 2015. Citogenética e evolução do cariótipo em formigas poneromorfas. In: Delabie, J.H.C., Feitosa, R.M., Serrao, J.E., Mariano, C.S.F., Majer, J.D. (eds) As formigas poneromorfas do Brasil, 1st edn. Ilhéus, Brasil, pp 102–125 (doi:10.7476/9788574554419.0010).

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Clark J. 1936. A revision of Australian species of Rhytidoponera Mayr (Formicidae). Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 9: 14-89