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Rhytidoponera haeckeli
| Rhytidoponera haeckeli | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ectatomminae |
| Tribe: | Ectatommini |
| Genus: | Rhytidoponera |
| Species: | R. haeckeli |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhytidoponera haeckeli (Forel, 1910)
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -10.6885° to -14.66667°.
| 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. |
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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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| Syntype of Rhytidoponera haeckeli. Worker. Specimen code casent0907155. 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.
- haeckeli. Ectatomma (Rhytidoponera) haeckeli Forel, 1910b: 15 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Queensland).
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: Australia: Queensland, Cape York (R. Turner).
- Type-depositories: ANIC, MHNG.
- Combination in Rhytidoponera (Chalcoponera): Emery, 1911d: 39.
- Status as species: Emery, 1911d: 39; Emery, 1912a: 78 (in key); Brown, 1958g: 203, 284; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 44; Taylor, 1987a: 68; Bolton, 1995b: 379.
- Distribution: Australia.
Type Material
- Ectatomma (Rhytidoponera) haeckeli Forel, 1910: Syntype, 1 worker, Cape York, Queensland, Australia, Turner, ANIC32-011957, Australian National Insect Collection.
Description
References
- Brown, W. L., Jr. 1958g. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. II. Tribe Ectatommini (Hymenoptera). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 118: 173-362 (page 284, see also)
- Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118: 1-125 (page 39, Combination in Rhytidoponera (Chalcoponera))
- Forel, A. 1910b. Formicides australiens reçus de MM. Froggatt et Rowland Turner. Rev. Suisse Zool. 18: 1-94 (page 15, worker described)