Rhytidoponera nigra

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Rhytidoponera nigra
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Rhytidoponera convexa)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ectatomminae
Tribe: Ectatommini
Genus: Rhytidoponera
Species: Rhytidoponera nigra
Clark, 1936

This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Rhytidoponera convexa.

Nomenclature

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

  • nigra. Rhytidoponera nigra Clark, 1936: 81, pl. 6, fig. 59 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Junior synonym of convexa: Brown, 1958g: 272.

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 272, Junior synonym of convexa)
  • Clark, J. 1936. A revision of Australian species of Rhytidoponera Mayr (Formicidae). Mem. Natl. Mus. Vic. 9: 14-89 (page 81, pl. 6, fig. 59 worker described)