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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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
Head view
Side view
Top view
Specimen labels
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.
