Rhytidoponera cristata

Rhytidoponera cristata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Ectatomminae
Tribe:	Ectatommini
Genus:	Rhytidoponera
Species:	R. cristata
Binomial name
Rhytidoponera cristata (Mayr, 1876) Specimen Labels

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Australasian Region: Australia (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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Castes

Worker

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Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's New General Catalogue, a catalogue of the world's ants.

• cristata. Ectatomma cristatum Mayr, 1876: 91 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Clark, 1936: 50 (m.); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1952a: 126 (l.). Combination in E. (Rhytidoponera): Dalla Torre, 1893: 24; in Rhytidoponera: Emery, 1897d: 548.

Type Material

• Ectatomma cristatum Mayr, 1876: Syntype, 2 workers, Gayndah, Queensland, Australia, Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Vienna.

References

• Clark, J. 1936. A revision of Australian species of Rhytidoponera Mayr (Formicidae). Mem. Natl. Mus. Vic. 9: 14-89 (page 50, male described)
• Dalla Torre, K. W. von. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. (page 24, Combination in E. (Rhytidoponera))
• 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)
• Mayr, G. 1876. Die australischen Formiciden. J. Mus. Godeffroy 12: 56-115 (page 91, worker described)
• Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1952a. The ant larvae of the subfamily Ponerinae - Part I. Am. Midl. Nat. 48: 111-144 (page 126, larva described)