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Rhytidoponera rufonigra
| Rhytidoponera rufonigra | |
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| Scientific classification (junior synonym of Rhytidoponera punctata) | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ectatomminae |
| Tribe: | Ectatommini |
| Genus: | Rhytidoponera |
| Species: | Rhytidoponera rufonigra Clark, 1936
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This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Rhytidoponera punctata.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- rufonigra. Rhytidoponera rufonigra Clark, 1936: 58, pl. 5, figs. 35, 36 (w.m.) AUSTRALIA (Western Australia).
- Type-material: syntype workers, syntype males (numbers not stated).
- Type-localities: Australia: Western Australia, Perth, Mundaring, and Armadale (J. Clark).
- Type-depository: MVMA.
- Status as species: Brown, 1958g: 204; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 47; Taylor, 1987a: 70; Bolton, 1995b: 380; Heterick, 2009: 139.
- Junior synonym of punctata: Heterick, 2021: 16.
References
- Clark, J. 1936. A revision of Australian species of Rhytidoponera Mayr (Formicidae). Mem. Natl. Mus. Vic. 9: 14-89 (page 58, pl. 5, figs. 35, 36 worker, male described)
- Heterick, B. E. 2009. A guide to the ants of South-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 76:1-206.
- Heterick, B.E. 2021. A guide to the ants of Western Australia. Part I: Systematics. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 86, 1-245 (doi:10.18195/issn.0313-122x.86.2021.001-245).