Rhytidoponera borealis

Rhytidoponera borealis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Ectatomminae
Tribe:	Ectatommini
Genus:	Rhytidoponera
Species:	R. borealis
Binomial name
Rhytidoponera borealis Crawley, 1918 Specimen Labels
Synonyms
Chalcoponera brunnea Clark, 1941

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -12.38333333° to -16.77599°.

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.

Nomenclature

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

• borealis. Rhytidoponera (Chalcoponera) numeensis subsp. borealis Crawley, 1918: 88 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Northern Territory).
  • Type-material: holotype (?) worker.
  • [Note: no indication of number of specimens is given.]
  • Type-locality: Australia: Northern Territory, Stapleton, no. 641 (G.F. Hill).
  • Type-depository: OXUM.
  • Status as species: Brown, 1958g: 202, 264; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 41; Taylor, 1987a: 67; Bolton, 1995b: 378.
  • Senior synonym of brunnea: Brown, 1958g: 202; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 41; Taylor, 1987a: 67; Bolton, 1995b: 378.
  • Distribution: Australia.
• brunnea. Chalcoponera brunnea Clark, 1941: 86, pl. 13, fig. 17 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Northern Territory).
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-locality: Australia: Northern Territory, Koolpinyah, 1933 (C.L. Barrett).
  • Type-depository: MVMA.
  • Junior synonym of borealis: Brown, 1958g: 202; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 41; Taylor, 1987a: 67; Bolton, 1995b: 378.

Type Material

• Chalcoponera brunnea Clark, 1941: Syntype, 2 workers, Koolpinyah, Northern Territory, Australia, Barrett,C., ANIC32-011950, Australian National Insect Collection.
• Chalcoponera brunnea Clark, 1941: Syntype, worker(s), Koolpinyah, Northern Territory, Australia, Museum Victoria, Melbourne.
• Rhytidoponera (Chalcoponera) numeensis borealis Crawley, 1918: Holotype, worker, Stapleton, Northern Territory, Australia, Museum Victoria, Melbourne.

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 202, Raised to species, and senior synonym of brunnea)
• Crawley, W. C. 1918. Some new Australian ants. Entomol. Rec. J. Var. 30: 86-92. (page 88, worker described)

• 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

• Andersen A. N., J. C. Z. Woinarski, and B. Hoffman. 2004. Biogeography of the ant fauna of the Tiwi Islands, in northern Australia's moonsoonal tropics. Australian Journal of Zoology 52: 97-110.
• Andersen, Alan N., John C.Z. Woinarski and Ben D. Hoffman. 2004. Biogeography of the ant fauna of the Tiwi Islands, in northern Australia's monsoonal tropics. Australian Journal of Zoology 52: 97-110.
• Fisher J., L. Beames, B. J. Rangers, N. N. Rangers, J. Majer, and B. Heterick. 2014. Using ants to monitor changes within and surrounding the endangered Monsoon Vine Thickets of the tropical Dampier Peninsula, north Western Australia. Forest Ecology and Management 318: 78–90.
• 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.
• Taylor R. W., and D. R. Brown. 1985. Formicoidea. Zoological Catalogue of Australia 2: 1-149.