Rhytidoponera flavipes
Rhytidoponera flavipes | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Ectatomminae |
Tribe: | Ectatommini |
Genus: | Rhytidoponera |
Species: | R. flavipes |
Binomial name | |
Rhytidoponera flavipes (Clark, 1941) |
Identification
Distribution
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. |
Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- flavipes. Chalcoponera flavipes Clark, 1941: 84, pl. 13, fig. 14 (w.) AUSTRALIA (South Australia).
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: Australia: South Australia, Ooldea, vii.1921 (J.A. Kershaw).
- Type-depository: MVMA.
- Combination in Rhytidoponera: Brown, 1958g: 203.
- Status as species: Brown, 1958g: 203; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 43; Taylor, 1987a: 68; Bolton, 1995b: 379.
- Distribution: Australia.
Type Material
- Chalcoponera flavipes Clark, 1941: Holotype, worker, Ooldea, South Australia, Australia, Museum Victoria, Melbourne.
Description
References
- Brown, W. L., Jr. 1958g. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. II. Tribe Ectatommini (Hymenoptera). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 118: 173-362 (page 203, Combination in Rhytidoponera)
- Clark, J. 1941b. Australian Formicidae. Notes and new species. Mem. Natl. Mus. Vic. 12: 71-94 (page 84, pl. 13, fig. 14 worker d*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).
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