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Rhytidoponera flavicornis
| Rhytidoponera flavicornis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ectatomminae |
| Tribe: | Ectatommini |
| Genus: | Rhytidoponera |
| Species: | R. flavicornis |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhytidoponera flavicornis Clark, 1936
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An arid and semi- arid area species.
Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -21.95° to -27.15°.
| 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.
- flavicornis. Rhytidoponera flavicornis Clark, 1936: 64, fig. 4 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Western Australia).
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: Australia: Western Australia, Mundi Windi (L. Glauert).
- Type-depositories: MVMA, WAMP.
- Status as species: Brown, 1958g: 203; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 43; Taylor, 1987a: 68; Bolton, 1995b: 379; Heterick, 2009: 138.
- Distribution: Australia.
Type Material
- Syntype, 1 worker, Mundiwindi, Western Australia, Australia, Glauert,L., ANIC32-011929, Australian National Insect Collection.
- Syntype, worker(s), Mundiwindi, Western Australia, Australia, Western Australian Museum.
Description
References
- Clark, J. 1936. A revision of Australian species of Rhytidoponera Mayr (Formicidae). Mem. Natl. Mus. Vic. 9: 14-89 (page 64, fig. 4 worker described)
- Heterick, B. E. 2009. A guide to the ants of South-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 76:1-206.
- 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.