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Rhytidoponera ferruginea
| Rhytidoponera ferruginea | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ectatomminae |
| Tribe: | Ectatommini |
| Genus: | Rhytidoponera |
| Species: | R. ferruginea |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhytidoponera ferruginea Clark, 1936
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -21.56° to -23.45°.
| 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
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- ferruginea. Rhytidoponera ferruginea Clark, 1936: 48, pl. 4, fig. 25 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Queensland).
- Type-material: 8 syntype workers.
- Type-locality: Australia: Queensland, Longreach (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, 2 workers, Longreach, Queensland, Australia, <collector unknown>, ANIC32-011924, Australian National Insect Collection.
- Syntype, 1 worker, Longreach, Queensland, Australia, Museum of Comparative Zoology.
- Syntype, worker(s), Longreach, Queensland, Australia, Museum Victoria, Melbourne.
Description
References
- Clark, J. 1936. A revision of Australian species of Rhytidoponera Mayr (Formicidae). Mem. Natl. Mus. Vic. 9: 14-89 (page 48, pl. 4, fig. 25 worker 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