Rhytidoponera petiolata

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

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

Nomenclature

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

  • petiolata. Rhytidoponera petiolata Clark, 1936: 41, pl. 4, fig. 18 (w.) AUSTRALIA. [Unresolved junior primary homonym of petiolata Viehmeyer, above.] Junior synonym of mayri: Brown, 1958g: 203.

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 203, Junior synonym of mayri)
  • Clark, J. 1936. A revision of Australian species of Rhytidoponera Mayr (Formicidae). Mem. Natl. Mus. Vic. 9: 14-89 (page 41, pl. 4, fig. 18 worker described)