Rhytidoponera eremita

Rhytidoponera eremita
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Ectatomminae
Tribe:	Ectatommini
Genus:	Rhytidoponera
Species:	R. eremita
Binomial name
Rhytidoponera eremita Clark, 1936 Specimen Labels

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -17.46667° to -19.65°.

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.

• eremita. Rhytidoponera eremita Clark, 1936: 78, pl. 6, fig. 56 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Northern Territory).
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-localities: Australia: Northern Territory, Tennants Creek, 1933 (C. Barrett), Powell’s Creek, 1933 (C. Barrett), Newcastle Waters, 1933 (C. Barrett).
  • Type-depository: MVMA.
  • Status as species: Brown, 1958g: 203; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 43; Taylor, 1987a: 68; Bolton, 1995b: 379.
  • Distribution: Australia.

Type Material

• Syntype, 1 worker, Tennant Creek, Northern Territory, Australia, <collector unknown>, ANIC32-011938, Australian National Insect Collection.
• Syntype, 4 workers, Newcastle Waters, Northern Territory, Australia, Museum of Comparative Zoology.
• Syntype, worker(s), Tennant Creek, Powell's Creek and Newcastle Waters, Northern Territory, Australia, Museum Victoria, Melbourne.

References

• Clark, J. 1936. A revision of Australian species of Rhytidoponera Mayr (Formicidae). Mem. Natl. Mus. Vic. 9: 14-89 (page 78, pl. 6, fig. 56 worker described)