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Rhytidoponera clarki
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ectatomminae |
| Tribe: | Ectatommini |
| Genus: | Rhytidoponera |
| Species: | R. clarki |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhytidoponera clarki Donisthorpe, 1943
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -20.26667° to -21.5°.
| 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. |
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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
Worker
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| Syntype of Ectatomma metallicum obscurum. Worker. Specimen code casent0907160. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- clarki. Rhytidoponera (Chalcoponera) clarki Donisthorpe, 1943e: 115.
- Replacement name for Chalcoponera hilli Clark, 1941: 85. [Junior secondary homonym of Rhytidoponera (Rhytidoponera) hilli Crawley, 1915a: 131.]
- Junior synonym of obscurum: Brown, 1958g: 203, 286.
- [Note: both clarki Donisthorpe, 1943, and hilli Clark, 1941, are junior synonyms of obscurum Forel, 1900b: 60 (itself a junior primary homonym of Ectatomma obscurum Emery, 1896g: 48) (synonymy by Brown, 1958g: 203); hence clarki Donisthorpe is first available replacement name for hilli Clark, 1941 (Brown, 1958g: 203, 286).]
- Status as species: Brown, 1958g: 203, 286; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 41; Taylor, 1987a: 68; Bolton, 1995b: 378.
- Distribution: Australia.
Type Material
- Chalcoponera hilli Clark, 1941: Syntype, worker(s), Palm Island, Queensland, Australia, Museum Victoria, Melbourne.
- Ectatomma (Rhytidoponera) metallicum obscurum Forel, 1900: Syntype, 3 workers, Mackay, Queensland, Australia, Turner,G., ANIC32-011951, Australian National Insect Collection.
- Ectatomma (Rhytidoponera) metallicum obscurum Forel, 1900: Syntype, 2 workers, Palm Island, Queensland, Australia, Museum of Comparative Zoology.
- Ectatomma (Rhytidoponera) metallicum obscurum Forel, 1900: Syntype, worker(s), queen(s), male(s), Mackay, Queensland, Australia, Musee d'Histoire Naturelle Genève.
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 203, Senior synonym of obscurum)
- Clark, J. 1941b. Australian Formicidae. Notes and new species. Mem. Natl. Mus. Vic. 12: 71-94 (page 85, [Junior secondary homonym of Rhytidoponera hilli Crawley, 1915a: 131.] )
- Donisthorpe, H. 1943f. Myrmecological gleanings. Proc. R. Entomol. Soc. Lond. Ser. B 12: 115-116 (page 115, Replacement name for Chalcoponera hilli)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- CSIRO Collection
- Taylor R. W., and D. R. Brown. 1985. Formicoidea. Zoological Catalogue of Australia 2: 1-149.