Rhytidoponera tyloxys
Rhytidoponera tyloxys | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Ectatomminae |
Tribe: | Ectatommini |
Genus: | Rhytidoponera |
Species: | R. tyloxys |
Binomial name | |
Rhytidoponera tyloxys Brown & Douglas, 1958 |
These ants may be specialist predators, unlike most Rhytidoponera (Andersen 2000).
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Identification
Heterick (2009) - Possibly consisting of a complex of two or more species, this highly distinctive taxon has an unmistakeable appearance, since the node is produced as a sharp spur or tooth directed posteriad.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Heterick (2009) - can be found in the extreme north and probably also in the eastern fringes of the SWBP.
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 22.5045° to -28.06666667°.
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
Images from AntWeb
Worker. Specimen code antweb1008715. Photographer Lucinda Gibson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MVMA, Melbourne, Australia. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- tyloxys. Rhytidoponera tyloxys Brown & Douglas, in Brown, 1958g: 282, figs. 36, 37 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Western Australia).
- Type-material: holotype worker, 6 paratype workers.
- Type-locality: holotype Australia: Western Australia, Woodstock Station, ca 900 mi N Perth, vi.1952 (K.C. Buller); paratypes with same data.
- Type-depositories: WAMP (holotype); MCZC, WAMP (paratypes).
- Status as species: Taylor & Brown, 1985: 49; Taylor, 1987a: 71; Bolton, 1995b: 381; Heterick, 2009: 137.
- Distribution: Australia.
Type Material
- Holotype, worker, Woodstock Station, 900mi. N Perth, Western Australia, Australia, 64–37, Western Australian Museum.
- Paratype, 5 workers, Woodstock Station, 900mi. N Perth, Western Australia, Australia, Museum of Comparative Zoology.
- Paratype, 4 workers, Woodstock Station, 900mi. N Perth, Western Australia, Australia, Western Australian Museum.
Description
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 282, figs. 36, 37 worker 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).
- Heterick, B.E. 2022. A guide to the ants of Western Australia. Part II: Distribution and biology. Records of the Western Australian Museum, supplement 86: 247-510 (doi:10.18195/issn.0313-122x.86.2022.247-510).
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Heterick B. E. 2013. A taxonomic overview and key to the ants of Barrow Island, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 83: 375-404.
- 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.