Rhytidoponera nitida

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Rhytidoponera nitida
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ectatomminae
Tribe: Ectatommini
Genus: Rhytidoponera
Species: R. nitida
Binomial name
Rhytidoponera nitida
Clark, 1936

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Specimen Labels

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Australasian Region: Australia (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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

Images from AntWeb

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Specimen code antweb1008313. .

Nomenclature

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

  • nitida. Rhytidoponera nitida Clark, 1936: 45, pl. 4, fig. 21 (w.) AUSTRALIA (New South Wales).
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated, “a number of specimens”).
    • Type-locality: Australia: New South Wales, Bourke (C. Barrett).
    • Type-depository: MVMA.
    • Status as species: Brown, 1958g: 204; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 46; Taylor, 1987a: 69; Bolton, 1995b: 380.
    • Distribution: Australia.

Type Material

Description

References

  • Clark, J. 1936. A revision of Australian species of Rhytidoponera Mayr (Formicidae). Mem. Natl. Mus. Vic. 9: 14-89 (page 45, pl. 4, fig. 21 worker described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • 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.