Rhytidoponera scaberrima
Rhytidoponera scaberrima | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Ectatomminae |
Tribe: | Ectatommini |
Genus: | Rhytidoponera |
Species: | R. scaberrima |
Binomial name | |
Rhytidoponera scaberrima (Emery, 1895) | |
Synonyms | |
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -15.83° to -22.5°.
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
Worker
Images from AntWeb
Syntype of Rhytidoponera scaberrima. Worker. Specimen code casent0903827. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MSNG, Genoa, Italy. |
Syntype of Rhytidoponera laciniosa malandensis. Worker. Specimen code casent0907146. 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.
- scaberrima. Ectatomma (Rhytidoponera) scaberrimum Emery, 1895g: 347 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Queensland).
- Type-material: holotype worker.
- Type-locality: Australia: Queensland, Mt Bellenden Ker (Podenzana).
- Type-depository: MSNG.
- Combination in Rhytidoponera (Chalcoponera): Emery, 1897d: 548.
- Status as species: Emery, 1911d: 39; Emery, 1912a: 77 (in key); Brown, 1958g: 204; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 47; Taylor, 1987a: 70; Bolton, 1995b: 380.
- Senior synonym of malandensis: Brown, 1958g: 204, 264; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 47; Taylor, 1987a: 70; Bolton, 1995b: 380.
- Distribution: Australia.
- malandensis. Rhytidoponera laciniosa r. malandensis Forel, 1915b: 10 (w.m.) AUSTRALIA (Queensland).
- Type-material: syntype workers, syntype males (numbers not stated).
- Type-locality: Australia: Queensland, Malanda (E. Mjöberg).
- Type-depositories: ANIC, MHNG, NHRS.
- Status as species: Clark, 1936: 73.
- Junior synonym of scaberrima: Brown, 1958g: 204, 264; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 47; Taylor, 1987a: 70; Bolton, 1995b: 379.
Type Material
- Ectatomma (Rhytidoponera) scaberrimum Emery, 1895: Holotype, worker, Mt. Bellenden Ker, Queensland, Australia, Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genoa.
- Rhytidoponera laciniosa malandensis Forel, 1915: Syntype, 1 worker, Malanda, Queensland, Australia, Mjoberg, ANIC32-011954, Australian National Insect Collection.
- Rhytidoponera laciniosa malandensis Forel, 1915: Syntype, 1 worker, Malanda, Queensland, Australia, Museum of Comparative Zoology.
Description
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 204, Senior synonym of malandensis)
- Emery, C. 1895h. Descriptions de quelques fourmis nouvelles d'Australie. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 39: 345-358 (page 347, worker described)
- Emery, C. 1897d. Viaggio di Lamberto Loria nella Papuasia orientale. XVIII. Formiche raccolte nella Nuova Guinea dal Dott. Lamberto Loria. [part]. Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. 38[=(2(18): 546-576 (page 548, Combination in Rhytidoponera (Chalcoponera))