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Rhytidoponera atropurpurea
| Rhytidoponera atropurpurea | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ectatomminae |
| Tribe: | Ectatommini |
| Genus: | Rhytidoponera |
| Species: | R. atropurpurea |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhytidoponera atropurpurea Emery, 1914
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -20.992° to -20.992°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: New Caledonia (type locality).
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
Check data from AntWeb
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
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- atropurpurea. Rhytidoponera (Chalcoponera) atropurpurea Emery, 1914f: 396 (w.m.) NEW CALEDONIA.
- Type-material: lectotype worker (by designation of Ward, 1984: 143), paralectotype workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: lectotype New Caledonia: Ouedjo, nr Hienghiène, vi.1911 (F. Sarasin & J. Roux); paralectotypes with same data.
- Type-depositories: MCZC (lectotype); MCZC, MHNG, MSNG, NHMB (paralectotypes).
- Combination in Chalcoponera: Wheeler, W.M. 1935g: 10.
- Status as species: Wheeler, W.M. 1935g: 10; Brown, 1958g: 202, 292; Ward, 1984: 143 (redescription); Taylor, 1987a: 71; Bolton, 1995b: 378.
- Distribution: New Caledonia.
Type Material
- Lectotype, worker, Hienghene, New Caledonia, Museum of Comparative Zoology.
Description
References
- Emery, C. 1914f. Les fourmis de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et des îles Loyalty. Nova Caled. A Zool. 1: 393-437 (page 396, worker, male described)
- Ward, P. S. 1984. A revision of the ant genus Rhytidoponera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in New Caledonia. Aust. J. Zool. 32: 131-175 (page 143, see also)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Brown W. L., Jr. 1958. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. II. Tribe Ectatommini (Hymenoptera). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 118: 173-362.
- Emery, C. 1914. Les fourmis de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et des îles Loyalty. Nova Caledonia. A. Zoologie 1:393-437.
- Jennings J. T., L. Krogmann, and C. Burwell. 2013. Review of the hymenopteran fauna of New Caledonia with a checklist of species. Zootaxa 3736(1): 1-53.
- 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. 1984. A revision of the ant genus Rhytidoponera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in New Caledonia. Aust. J. Zool. 32: 131-175.
- Ward P. S. 1985. Taxonomic congruence and disparity in an insular ant fauna: Rhytidoponera in New Caledonia. Systematic Zoology 34: 140-151.
- Wheeler W.M. 1935. Check list of the ants of Oceania. Occasional Papers of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum 11(11):1-56.
- Wheeler, William Morton.1935.Checklist of the Ants of Oceania.Occasional Papers 11(11): 3-56