Rhytidoponera quadriceps

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

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -19.6° to -19.6°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

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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Biology

An inhabitant of semi-arid areas.

Castes

Nomenclature

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

  • quadriceps. Rhytidoponera quadriceps Clark, 1936: 30, pl. 3, fig. 8 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Northern Territory).
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
    • Type-locality: Australia: Northern Territory, Tennants Creek (C. Barrett).
    • Type-depository: MVMA.
    • Junior synonym of mayri: Brown, 1958g: 203, 274; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 45; Taylor, 1987a: 69; Bolton, 1995b: 380.
    • Status as species: Heterick, 2021: 5.
    • Distribution: Australia.

Type Material

Description

References

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