Rhytidoponera hanieli

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Rhytidoponera hanieli
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ectatomminae
Tribe: Ectatommini
Genus: Rhytidoponera
Species: R. hanieli
Binomial name
Rhytidoponera hanieli
Forel, 1913

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Specimen Labels

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: Indonesia (type locality), Timor-Leste.

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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

Images from AntWeb

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Worker. Specimen code casent0281836. Photographer Shannon Hartman, 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.

  • hanieli. Rhytidoponera hanieli Forel, 1913e: 660 (w.) INDONESIA (Timor I.).
    • Type-material: holotype worker.
    • Type-locality: Indonesia: Timor I. (Haniel).
    • Type-depository: MHNG.
    • [Misspelled as homali by Chapman & Capco, 1951: 28.]
    • Status as species: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 28; Brown, 1958g: 203; Bolton, 1995b: 379.
    • Distribution: Indonesia (Timor).

Description

References

  • Forel, A. 1913f. Quelques fourmis des Indes, du Japon et d'Afrique. Rev. Suisse Zool. 21: 659-673 (page 660, worker described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Brown W. L., Jr. 1958. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. II. Tribe Ectatommini (Hymenoptera). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 118: 173-362.
  • Forel A. 1913. Quelques fourmis des Indes, du Japon et d'Afrique. Rev. Suisse Zool. 21: 659-673
  • Imai. H. T., and M. Kubota. 1988. Collection of ants from Lesser Sunda Islands. ARI Reports of the Myrmecologists Society (Japan) 16: 4