Rhytidoponera scabra
Rhytidoponera scabra | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Ectatomminae |
Tribe: | Ectatommini |
Genus: | Rhytidoponera |
Species: | R. scabra |
Binomial name | |
Rhytidoponera scabra (Mayr, 1876) |
Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -18.03333333° to -22.865°.
North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia (type locality).
Distribution based on AntMaps
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. |
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. |
Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- scabra. Ectatomma scabrum Mayr, 1876: 90 (w.m.) AUSTRALIA (Queensland).
- Type-material: syntype workers, syntype males (numbers not stated).
- Type-localities: Australia: Queensland, Port Mackay, Rockhampton, and Peak Downs.
- Type-depository: NHMW.
- Combination in E. (Rhytidoponera): Emery, in Dalla Torre, 1893: 26;
- combination in Rhytidoponera: Emery, 1897d: 548.
- Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 26; Emery, 1911d: 38; Forel, 1915b: 14; Clark, 1936: 30 (redescription); Brown, 1958g: 204; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 48; Taylor, 1987a: 70; Bolton, 1995b: 380.
- Distribution: Australia.
Type Material
- Ectatomma scabrum Mayr, 1876: Syntype, 1 worker, locality unknown, Australia, Museum of Comparative Zoology.
- Ectatomma scabrum Mayr, 1876: Syntype, 5 workers, 2 males, Port Mackay, Rockhampton and Peak Downs, Queensland, Australia, Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Vienna.
Description
References
- Dalla Torre, K. W. von. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. (page 26, Combination in E. (Rhytidoponera))
- Emery, C. 1897d. Viaggio di Lamberto Loria nella Papuasia orientale. XVIII. Formiche raccolte nella Nuova Guinea dal Dott. Lamberto Loria. [part]. Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. 38[=(2(18): 546-576 (page 548, Combination in Rhytidoponera)
- Mayr, G. 1876. Die australischen Formiciden. J. Mus. Godeffroy 12: 56-115 (page 90, worker, male described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Clark J. 1936. A revision of Australian species of Rhytidoponera Mayr (Formicidae). Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 9: 14-89
- 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.