Rhytidoponera celtinodis

Rhytidoponera celtinodis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Ectatomminae
Tribe:	Ectatommini
Genus:	Rhytidoponera
Species:	R. celtinodis
Binomial name
Rhytidoponera celtinodis Wilson, 1958 Specimen labels

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -3.324166667° to -5.333°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Indonesia (type locality), New Guinea.

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.

Castes

Worker

Images from AntWeb

Holotype of Rhytidoponera celtinodis. Worker. Specimen code castype06887. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by CAS, San Francisco, CA, USA.

Nomenclature

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

• celtinodis. Rhytidoponera celtinodis Wilson, 1958d: 309 (w.) NEW GUINEA (Indonesia) (date of publication (31).viii.1958).
  • Type-material: holotype worker, 6 paratype workers.
  • Type-locality: holotype Indonesia: Irian Jaya (“Netherlands New Guinea”), Maffin Bay, 10.ix.1944 (E.S. Ross); paratypes: 3 workers with same data, 3 workers with same data but 1.vii.1944, and 14.ix.1944.
  • Type-depositories: CASC (holotype); CASC, MCZC (paratypes).
  • [Rhytidoponera celtinodis Brown, 1958g: 202 (date of publication (30).vi.1958). Nomen nudum (attributed to Wilson).]
  • Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 378.
  • Distribution: Indonesia (Irian Jaya).

Type Material

• Holotype, worker, Maffin Bay, Irian Jaya, Indonesia, Museum of Comparative Zoology.
• Paratype, 1 worker, Maffin Bay, Irian Jaya, Indonesia, Museum of Comparative Zoology.

References

• Wilson, E. O. 1958g. Studies on the ant fauna of Melanesia III. Rhytidoponera in western Melanesia and the Moluccas. IV. The tribe Ponerini. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 119: 303-371 (page 309, worker described)

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.
• Janda M., G. D. Alpert, M. L. Borowiec, E. P. Economo, P. Klimes, E. Sarnat, and S. O. Shattuck. 2011. Cheklist of ants described and recorded from New Guinea and associated islands. Available on http://www.newguineants.org/. Accessed on 24th Feb. 2011.
• Snelling R. R. 2000. Ants of the Wapoga river area, Irian Jaya, Indonesia. In Mack, Andrew L. and Leeanne E. Alonso (eds.). 2000. A Biological Assessment of the Wapoga River Area of Northwestern Irian Jaya, Indonesia. RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment 14, Conservation International, Washington, DC.
• Wilson E. O. 1958. Studies on the ant fauna of Melanesia III. Rhytidoponera in western Melanesia and the Moluccas. IV. The tribe Ponerini. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 119: 303-371.
• Wilson E.O. 1959. Adaptive shift and dispersal in a tropical ant fauna. Evolution 13(1): 122-144.
• Wilson Edward O. 1959. Adaptive Shift and Dispersal in a Tropical Ant Fauna. Evolution 13(1): 122-144