Rhytidoponera cornuta

Rhytidoponera cornuta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Ectatomminae
Tribe:	Ectatommini
Genus:	Rhytidoponera
Species:	R. cornuta
Binomial name
Rhytidoponera cornuta (Emery, 1895) Specimen Labels

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -16.53333333° to -18.2°.

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

Syntype of Rhytidoponera cornuta. Worker. Specimen code casent0903812. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by MSNG, Genoa, Italy.

Nomenclature

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

• cornuta. Ectatomma (Rhytidoponera) cornutum Emery, 1895g: 347 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Queensland).
  • Type-material: holotype (?) worker.
  • [Note: no indication of number of specimens is given.]
  • Type-locality: Australia: Queensland, Cooktown.
  • Type-depository: MSNG.
  • Forel, 1915b: 11 (m.).
  • Combination in Rhytidoponera: Emery, 1911d: 38.
  • Status as species: Emery, 1911d: 38; Forel, 1915b: 11; Crawley, 1925b: 587; Clark, 1936: 26 (redescription); Brown, 1958g: 203; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 42; Taylor, 1987a: 68; Bolton, 1995b: 379.
  • Distribution: Australia.

Type Material

• Ectatomma (Rhytidoponera) cornutum Emery, 1895: Holotype, worker, Cooktown, Queensland, Australia, Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genoa.

References

• Emery, C. 1895h. Descriptions de quelques fourmis nouvelles d'Australie. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 39: 345-358 (page 347, worker described)
• Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118: 1-125 (page 38, Combination in Rhytidoponera)
• Forel, A. 1915b. Results of Dr. E. Mjöbergs Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910-13. 2. Ameisen. Ark. Zool. 9(1 16: 1-119 (page 11, male 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
• Emery C. 1895. Descriptions de quelques fourmis nouvelles d'Australie. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 39:345-358.
• 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.