Rhytidoponera nudata
Rhytidoponera nudata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Ectatomminae |
Tribe: | Ectatommini |
Genus: | Rhytidoponera |
Species: | R. nudata |
Binomial name | |
Rhytidoponera nudata (Mayr, 1876) |
Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -28.10000038° to -32.25°.
North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia (type locality).
Distribution based on AntMaps
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. |
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. |
Biology
Castes
Worker
Images from AntWeb
Syntype of Rhytidoponera nudata. Worker. Specimen code casent0907150. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- nudata. Ectatomma nudatum Mayr, 1876: 91 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Queensland).
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: Australia: Queensland, Gayndah.
- Type-depository: NHMW.
- Combination in E. (Rhytidoponera): Emery, in Dalla Torre, 1893: 25;
- combination in Rhytidoponera: Emery, 1911d: 38.
- Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 25; Emery, 1911d: 38; Clark, 1936: 40 (redescription); Brown, 1958g: 204; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 46; Taylor, 1987a: 70; Bolton, 1995b: 380.
- Distribution: Australia.
Type Material
- Ectatomma nudatum Mayr, 1876: Holotype, worker, Gayndah, Queensland, Australia, Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Vienna.
Description
References
- Dalla Torre, K. W. von. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. (page 25, Combination in E. (Rhytidoponera))
- Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118: 1-125 (page 38, Combination in Rhytidoponera)
- Mayr, G. 1876. Die australischen Formiciden. J. Mus. Godeffroy 12: 56-115 (page 91, worker described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Clark J. 1936. A revision of Australian species of Rhytidoponera Mayr (Formicidae). Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 9: 14-89
- 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.