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Rhytidoponera impressa
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| 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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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 |
- 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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Elevation Range
| Species | Elevation (m asl) | |||||
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| 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Queens (n=5 dissected) had 16-18 ovarioles; workers (n=4) had 4-6 ovarioles (C. Peeters, unpublished)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
- Ectatomma impressum Mayr, 1876: Syntype, 2 workers, 2 queens, Gayndah, Queensland, Australia, Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Vienna.
Description
Karyotype
- See additional details at the Ant Chromosome Database.
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- n = 21, 2n = 42, karyotype = 6M + 36A (Australia) (Imai et al., 1977; Mariano et al., 2015).
References
- Brown, W. L., Jr. 1954g. Systematic and other notes on some of the smaller species of the ant genus Rhytidoponera Mayr. Breviora 33: 1-11 (page 5, see also)
- Burwell, C.J., Nakamura, A. 2020. Rainforest ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) along an elevational gradient at Eungella in the Clarke Range, Central Queensland coast, Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 125: 43-63.
- Dalla Torre, K. W. von. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. (page 24, Combination in E. (Rhytidoponera))
- Emery, C. 1897d. Viaggio di Lamberto Loria nella Papuasia orientale. XVIII. Formiche raccolte nella Nuova Guinea dal Dott. Lamberto Loria. [part]. Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. 38[=(2(18): 546-576 (page 548, Combination in Rhytidoponera (Chalcoponera))
- Imai, H. T.; Crozier, R. H.; Taylor, R. W. 1977. Karyotype evolution in Australian ants. Chromosoma (Berl.) 59: 341-393 (page 347, karyotype described)
- Johnson, R.A. 2010. Independent colony founding by ergatoid queens in the ant genus Pogonomyrmex: queen foraging provides an alternative to dependent colony founding. Insectes Sociaux 57, 169–176 (doi:10.1007/s00040-010-0065-6).
- Mariano, C.S.F., Santos, I.S., Silva, J.G., Costa, M.A., Pompolo, S.G. 2015. Citogenética e evolução do cariótipo em formigas poneromorfas. In: Delabie, J.H.C., Feitosa, R.M., Serrao, J.E., Mariano, C.S.F., Majer, J.D. (eds) As formigas poneromorfas do Brasil, 1st edn. Ilhéus, Brasil, pp 102–125 (doi:10.7476/9788574554419.0010).
- Mayr, G. 1876. Die australischen Formiciden. J. Mus. Godeffroy 12: 56-115 (page 92, worker, queen described)
- Ward, P. S. 1980a. A systematic revision of the Rhytidoponera impressa group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Australia and New Guinea. Aust. J. Zool. 28: 475-498 (page 487, see also)
- Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1952a. The ant larvae of the subfamily Ponerinae - Part I. Am. Midl. Nat. 48: 111-144 (page 124, larva described)
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.