Rhytidoponera chalybaea
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Rhytidoponera chalybaea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Ectatomminae |
Tribe: | Ectatommini |
Genus: | Rhytidoponera |
Species: | R. chalybaea |
Binomial name | |
Rhytidoponera chalybaea Emery, 1901 | |
Synonyms | |
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At a Glance | • Polygynous |
Contents
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia (type locality), New Zealand.
Indo-Australian Region: Solomon Islands.
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
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Elevation Range
Species | Elevation (m asl) | |||||
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200 | 400 | 600 | 800 | 1000 | 1200 | |
Rhytidoponera chalybaea | 90-100 | 80-90 | ||||
Shading indicates the bands of elevation where species was recorded. Numbers are the percentage of total samples containing this species. |
Biology
Life History Traits
- Queen number: polygynous (Ward, 1983; Frumhoff & Ward, 1992)
- Queen mating frequency: single (Ward, 1983; Frumhoff & Ward, 1992)
Castes
Male
- The following images are provided by AntWeb
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- chalybaea. Rhytidoponera impressa var. chalybaea Emery, 1901a: 51 (w.) AUSTRALIA (New South Wales).
- Type-material: holotype worker.
- Type-locality: Australia: New South Wales (Staudinger).
- Type-depository: MSNG.
- Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1971b: 1201 (l.); Imai, Crozier & Taylor, 1977: 347 (k.).
- Combination in R. (Chalcoponera): Emery, 1911d: 39.
- Subspecies of impressa: Emery, 1911d: 39.
- Status as species: Brown, 1954g: 4; Brown, 1958g: 202; Ward, 1980: 478 (redescription); Taylor & Brown, 1985: 41; Taylor, 1987a: 67; Bolton, 1995b: 378; Don, 2007: 77; Sarnat, et al. 2013: 69.
- Senior synonym of cyrus: Brown, 1954g: 4; Ward, 1980: 478; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 41; Taylor, 1987a: 68; Bolton, 1995b: 378.
- Distribution: Australia.
- cyrus. Ectatomma (Rhytidoponera) cyrus Forel, 1910b: 13 (w.q.) AUSTRALIA (New South Wales).
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated), 1 syntype queen.
- Type-locality: Australia: New South Wales, Ballina, 1897 (Froggatt).
- Type-depositories: ANIC, MHNG.
- Combination in Rhytidoponera (Chalcoponera): Emery, 1911d: 39.
- Status as species: Emery, 1911d: 39; Emery, 1912a: 77 (in key); Forel, 1915b: 14.
- Junior synonym of chalybaea: Brown, 1954g: 4; Ward, 1980: 478; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 41; Taylor, 1987a: 68; Bolton, 1995b: 379.
Type Material
- Ectatomma (Rhytidoponera) cyrus Forel, 1910: Syntype, 3 workers, Ballina, New South Wales, Australia, Froggatt,W.W., ANIC32-011933, Australian National Insect Collection.
- Ectatomma (Rhytidoponera) cyrus Forel, 1910: Syntype, 1 worker, Ballina, New South Wales, Australia, Museum Victoria, Melbourne.
- Rhytidoponera impressa chalybaea Emery, 1901: Holotype, worker, New South Wales, Australia, Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genoa.
Description
Karyotype
- 2n = 42 (Australia) (Imai et al., 1977).
Worker Morphology
- Caste: monomorphic
- Source: Ward, 1983
References
- Brown, W. L., Jr. 1954g. Systematic and other notes on some of the smaller species of the ant genus Rhytidoponera Mayr. Breviora 33: 1-11. (page 4, Raised to species, and senior synonym of cyrus)
- Burwell, C.J., Nakamura, A. 2020. Rainforest ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) along an elevational gradient at Eungella in the Clarke Range, Central Queensland coast, Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 125: 43-63.
- Emery, C. 1901b. Notes sur les sous-familles des Dorylines et Ponérines (Famille des Formicides). Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 45: 32-54 (page 51, worker described)
- Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118: 1-125 (page 39, Combination in R. (Chalcoponera))
- Imai, H. T.; Crozier, R. H.; Taylor, R. W. 1977. Karyotype evolution in Australian ants. Chromosoma (Berl.) 59: 341-393 (page 347, karyotype described)
- 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 478, see also)
- Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1971b. Ant larvae of the subfamily Ponerinae: second supplement. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 6 64: 1197-1217 (page 1201, larva described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Brown W. L., Jr. 1954. Systematic and other notes on some of the smaller species of the ant genus Rhytidoponera Mayr. Breviora 33: 1-11.
- 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
- Nakamura A., C. P. Catterall, A. P. N. House, R. L. Kitching, and C. J. Burwell. 2007. The use of ants and other soil and litter arthropods as bio-indicators of the impacts of rainforest clearing and subsequent land use. Journal of Insect Conservation 11: 177-186.
- 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.