Rhytidoponera dubia

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Rhytidoponera dubia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ectatomminae
Tribe: Ectatommini
Genus: Rhytidoponera
Species: R. dubia
Binomial name
Rhytidoponera dubia
Crawley, 1915

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Specimen Labels

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -12.7° to -14.18333°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Australasian Region: Australia (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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.
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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.
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Biology

Castes

Worker

Images from AntWeb

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Holotype of Rhytidoponera dubiaWorker. Specimen code casent0900529. Photographer Ryan Perry, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by NHMUK, London, UK.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • dubia. Rhytidoponera (Chalcoponera) dubia Crawley, 1915a: 132 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Northern Territory).
    • Type-material: holotype worker.
    • Type-locality: Australia: Northern Territory, Stapleton, 23.xii.1912 (G.F. Hill).
    • Type-depository: BMNH.
    • Status as species: Brown, 1958g: 203; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 43; Taylor, 1987a: 68; Bolton, 1995b: 379.
    • Distribution: Australia.

Type Material

  • Rhytidoponera (Chalcoponera) dubia Crawley, 1915: Holotype, worker, Stapleton, Northern Territory, Australia, The Natural History Museum.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • 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.