Rhytidoponera impressa

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Rhytidoponera impressa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ectatomminae
Tribe: Ectatommini
Genus: Rhytidoponera
Species: R. impressa
Binomial name
Rhytidoponera impressa
(Mayr, 1876)

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Specimen Labels

One of very few species in this genus where queens reproduce.

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -15.83° to -27.5°.

   
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Australasian Region: Australia (type locality).

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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Elevation Range

Occurrence at collecting sites during elevational surveys of rainforest in the Eungella region, Queensland, Australia (Burwell et al., 2020).
Species Elevation (m asl)
200 400 600 800 1000 1200
Rhytidoponera impressa 70-80
Shading indicates the bands of elevation where species was recorded.
Numbers are the percentage of total samples containing this species.

Biology

Castes

Queens (n=5 dissected) had 16-18 ovarioles; workers (n=4) had 4-6 ovarioles (C. Peeters, unpublished)

Worker

Images from AntWeb

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Worker. Specimen code casent0281238. Photographer Estella Ortega, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by PSWC, Philip S. Ward Collection.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • impressa. Ectatomma impressum Mayr, 1876: 92 (w.q.) AUSTRALIA (Queensland).
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated), 1 syntype queen.
    • Type-locality: Australia: Queensland, Gayndah.
    • Type-depositories: MSNG, NHMW.
    • Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1952a: 124 (l.); Imai, Crozier & Taylor, 1977: 347 (k.).
    • Combination in E. (Rhytidoponera): Emery, in Dalla Torre, 1893: 24;
    • combination in Rhytidoponera (Chalcoponera): Emery, 1897d: 549.
    • Status as species: Emery, 1887b: 444; Dalla Torre, 1893: 24; Emery, 1911d: 39; Emery, 1912a: 77 (in key); Forel, 1915b: 14; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 25; Brown, 1954g: 5; Brown, 1958g: 203; Ward, 1980: 487 (redescription); Taylor & Brown, 1985: 44; Taylor, 1987a: 68; Bolton, 1995b: 379.
    • Distribution: Australia.

Type Material

Description

Karyotype

  • n = 21, 2n = 42, karyotype = 6M + 36A (Australia) (Imai et al., 1977; Mariano et al., 2015).

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Chapman, J. W., and Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monogr. Inst. Sci. Technol. Manila 1: 1-327
  • Forel A. 1915. Results of Dr. E. Mjöbergs Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910-13. 2. Ameisen. Ark. Zool. 9(16): 1-119
  • 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.
  • Ward P. S. 1980. A systematic revision of the Rhytidoponera impressa group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Australia and New Guinea. Aust. J. Zool. 28: 475-498.