Rhytidoponera gibsoni

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Rhytidoponera gibsoni
Temporal range: Aquitanian, Early Miocene
Foulden Maar diatomite, New Zealand
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ectatomminae
Tribe: Ectatommini
Genus: Rhytidoponera
Species: R. gibsoni
Binomial name
Rhytidoponera gibsoni
Kaulfuss & Dlussky, 2015

Identification

Distribution

This taxon was described from Foulden Maar diatomite, New Zealand (Aquitanian, Early Miocene).

Castes

Nomenclature

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

  • gibsoni. Rhytidoponera gibsoni Kaulfuss & Dlussky, 2016: 1047, figs. 5.1, 5.2 (q.) NEW ZEALAND (Miocene).

Description

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