Rhytidoponera convexa

Rhytidoponera convexa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Ectatomminae
Tribe:	Ectatommini
Genus:	Rhytidoponera
Species:	R. convexa
Binomial name
Rhytidoponera convexa (Mayr, 1876) Specimen Labels
Synonyms
Rhytidoponera nigra Clark, 1936

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -16.81986° to -35.1°.

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.

Castes

Worker

Images from AntWeb

Worker. Specimen code casent0281821. Photographer Shannon Hartman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by NHMUK, London, UK.

Nomenclature

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

• convexa. Ectatomma convexum Mayr, 1876: 92 (w.m.) AUSTRALIA (Queensland).
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated), 1 syntype male.
  • Type-localities: Australia: Queensland, Rockhampton, Gayndah, and Peak Downs.
  • Type-depository: NHMW.
  • Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1952a: 127 (l.).
  • Combination in E. (Rhytidoponera): Emery, in Dalla Torre, 1893: 24;
  • combination in Rhytidoponera: Emery, 1897d: 548.
  • Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 24; Emery, 1911d: 37; Forel, 1915b: 11; Clark, 1928b: 169; Clark, 1936: 84 (redescription); Brown, 1958g: 203, 266, 272; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 42; Taylor, 1987a: 68; Bolton, 1995b: 378.
  • Senior synonym of nigra: Brown, 1958g: 272; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 42; Taylor, 1987a: 68; Bolton, 1995b: 379.
  • Material of the unavailable name subumbrata referred here by Clark, 1936: 84.
  • Distribution: Australia.
• nigra. Rhytidoponera nigra Clark, 1936: 81, pl. 6, fig. 59 (w.) AUSTRALIA (South Australia).
  • Type-material: 4 syntype workers.
  • Type-locality: Australia: South Australia, Mt Serle (Hale & Tindale), Owieandana (Hale & Tindale).
  • Type-depositories: MVMA, SAMA.
  • Junior synonym of convexa: Brown, 1958g: 272; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 42; Taylor, 1987a: 68; Bolton, 1995b: 380.

Type Material

• Ectatomma convexum Mayr, 1876: Syntype, 3 workers, unknown locality, Australia, Museum of Comparative Zoology.
• Ectatomma convexum Mayr, 1876: Syntype, 3 queens, 1 male, Rockhampton, Gayndah and Peak Downs, Queensland, Australia, Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Vienna.
• Rhytidoponera nigra Clark, 1936: Syntype, workers, Mt. Serle and Owieandana, South Australia, Australia, South Australian Museum.

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 266, see also)
• 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 272, Senior synonym of nigra)
• Clark, J. 1936. A revision of Australian species of Rhytidoponera Mayr (Formicidae). Mem. Natl. Mus. Vic. 9: 14-89 (page 84, Material of the unavailable name subumbrata referred here)
• Dalla Torre, K. W. von. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. (page 24, 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)
• 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).
• Mayr, G. 1876. Die australischen Formiciden. J. Mus. Godeffroy 12: 56-115 (page 92, worker, male described)
• Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1952a. The ant larvae of the subfamily Ponerinae - Part I. Am. Midl. Nat. 48: 111-144 (page 127, larva 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
• Crawley W. C. 1922. New ants from Australia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)9: 427-448.
• Debuse V. J., J. King, and A. P. N. Hous. 2007. Effect of fragmentation, habitat loss and within-patch habitat characteristics on ant assemblages in semi-arid woodlands of eastern Australia. Lanscape Ecology 22: 731-745.
• Forel A. 1915. Results of Dr. E. Mjöbergs Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910-13. 2. Ameisen. Ark. Zool. 9(16): 1-119