Rhytidoponera dubia

Rhytidoponera dubia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Ectatomminae
Tribe:	Ectatommini
Genus:	Rhytidoponera
Species:	R. dubia
Binomial name
Rhytidoponera dubia Crawley, 1915 Specimen Labels

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -12.7° to -14.18333°.

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

Holotype of Rhytidoponera dubia. Worker. Specimen code casent0900529. Photographer Ryan Perry, 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.

• dubia. Rhytidoponera (Chalcoponera) dubia Crawley, 1915a: 132 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Northern Territory).
  • Type-material: holotype worker.
  • Type-locality: Australia: Northern Territory, Stapleton, 23.xii.1912 (G.F. Hill).
  • Type-depository: BMNH.
  • Status as species: Brown, 1958g: 203; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 43; Taylor, 1987a: 68; Bolton, 1995b: 379.
  • Distribution: Australia.

Type Material

• Rhytidoponera (Chalcoponera) dubia Crawley, 1915: Holotype, worker, Stapleton, Northern Territory, Australia, The Natural History Museum.

References

• Crawley, W. C. 1915a. Ants from north and central Australia, collected by G. F. Hill. - Part I. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 8(15): 130-136. (page 132, 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

• 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.