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
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| 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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Biology
Castes
Male
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Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's New General Catalogue, a catalogue of the world's ants.
- chalybaea. Rhytidoponera impressa var. chalybaea Emery, 1901a: 51 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1971b: 1201 (l.); Imai, Crozier & Taylor, 1977: 347 (k.). Combination in R. (Chalcoponera): Emery, 1911d: 39. Raised to species and senior synonym of cyrus: Brown, 1954g: 4. See also: Ward, 1980: 478.
- cyrus. Ectatomma (Rhytidoponera) cyrus Forel, 1910b: 13 (w.q.) AUSTRALIA. Combination in Rhytidoponera (Chalcoponera): Emery, 1911d: 39. Junior synonym of chalybaea: Brown, 1954g: 4.
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).
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 PDF (page 4, Raised to species, and senior synonym of cyrus)
- 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)
