Rhytidoponera hilli

Rhytidoponera hilli
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Ectatomminae
Tribe:	Ectatommini
Genus:	Rhytidoponera
Species:	R. hilli
Binomial name
Rhytidoponera hilli Crawley, 1915 Specimen Labels

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -13.51666667° to -16.26666667°.

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.

• hilli. Rhytidoponera (Rhytidoponera) hilli Crawley, 1915a: 131 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Northern Territory).
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-locality: Australia: Northern Territory, Stapleton, 1.v.1913 (G.F. Hill).
  • Type-depository: BMNH.
  • Status as species: Clark, 1936: 82 (redescription); Brown, 1958g: 203, 272; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 44; Taylor, 1987a: 68; Bolton, 1995b: 379.
  • Distribution: Australia.

Type Material

• Syntype, 3 workers (1 labelled as holotype), Stapleton, Northern Territory, Australia, The Natural History Museum.
• Syntype, 2 workers, Stapleton, Northern Territory, Australia, Museum of Comparative Zoology.
• Syntype, 2 workers, Stapleton, Northern Territory, Australia, Queensland Museum.

References

• Clark, J. 1941b. Australian Formicidae. Notes and new species. Mem. Natl. Mus. Vic. 12: 71-94 (page 85, pl. 13, fig. 15 worker described)
• Crawley, W. C. 1915a. Ants from north and central Australia, collected by G. F. Hill. - Part I. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 8(15): 130-136. (page 131, worker described)
• Donisthorpe, H. 1943f. Myrmecological gleanings. Proc. R. Entomol. Soc. Lond. Ser. B 12: 115-116 (page 115, Replacement name: clarki)

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.
• Taylor R. W., and D. R. Brown. 1985. Formicoidea. Zoological Catalogue of Australia 2: 1-149.