Rhytidoponera socrus

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Rhytidoponera socrus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ectatomminae
Tribe: Ectatommini
Genus: Rhytidoponera
Species: R. socrus
Binomial name
Rhytidoponera socrus
(Forel, 1894)

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Specimen Labels

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -20.08333° to -23.63333321°.

   
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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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

Nomenclature

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

  • socrus. Ectatomma (Rhytidoponera) socrus Forel, 1894e: 236 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Queensland).
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
    • Type-locality: Australia: Queensland, Charters Towers (Wiederkehr).
    • Type-depositories: ANIC, MHNG, NHMB.
    • Wheeler, W.M. 1909a: 26 (m.).
    • Combination in Rhytidoponera: Emery, 1911d: 38.
    • Status as species: Wheeler, W.M. 1909a: 25 (redescription); Emery, 1911d: 38; Clark, 1936: 43 (redescription); Brown, 1958g: 204; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 48; Taylor, 1987a: 71; Bolton, 1995b: 380.
    • Distribution: Australia.

Type Material

Description

References

  • Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118: 1-125 (page 38, Combination in Rhytidoponera)
  • Forel, A. 1894e. Quelques fourmis de Madagascar (récoltées par M. le Dr. Voltzkow); de Nouvelle Zélande (récoltées par M. W. W. Smith); de Nouvelle Calédonie (récoltées par M. Sommer); de Queensland (Australie) (récoltées par M. Wiederkehr); et de Perth (page 236, worker described)
  • Wheeler, W. M. 1909a. A small collection of ants from Victoria, Australia. J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 17: 25-29 (page 25, male described)