Rhytidoponera koumensis
Rhytidoponera koumensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Ectatomminae |
Tribe: | Ectatommini |
Genus: | Rhytidoponera |
Species: | R. koumensis |
Binomial name | |
Rhytidoponera koumensis Ward, 1984 |
Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -20.48333333° to -20.53333333°.
North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: New Caledonia (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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Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- koumensis. Rhytidoponera koumensis Ward, 1984: 146, figs. 31, 32, 37, 38 (w.m.) NEW CALEDONIA.
- Type-material: holotype worker, paratype workers (number not stated), 1 paratype male.
- Type-locality: holotype New Caledonia: Grottes de Koum, 40 m., 20°32’S, 164°20’E, 3.v.1980, acc. no. 4209, in soil, dry rainforest, on limestone (P.S. Ward); paratypes with same data but acc. nos 4196, 4202, 4209 (P.S. Ward), 7 workers 9 km. NNE Koumac, 80 m., 20°29’S, 164°18’E, 3.v.1980, acc. 4210 (P.S. Ward).
- Type-depositories: ANIC (holotype); ANIC, BMNH, BPBM, MCZC, MNHN, NHMB, PSWC (paratypes).
- Status as species: Taylor, 1987a: 72; Bolton, 1995b: 379.
- Distribution: New Caledonia.
Type Material
- Holotype, worker, Grottes de Koum, New Caledonia, Ward,P., ANIC32-017929, Australian National Insect Collection.
- Paratype, 3 workers, Grottes de Koum, New Caledonia, Ward,P., ANIC32-017930, Australian National Insect Collection.
- Paratype, 2 workers, Grottes de Koum, New Caledonia, Ward,P., ANIC32-017931, Australian National Insect Collection.
- Paratype, 5 workers, Grottes de Koum, New Caledonia, Ward,P., ANIC32-017932, Australian National Insect Collection.
- Paratype, 4 workers, 9km NNE Koumac, New Caledonia, Ward,P., ANIC32-017933, Australian National Insect Collection.
Description
References
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- CSIRO Collection
- Jennings J. T., L. Krogmann, and C. Burwell. 2013. Review of the hymenopteran fauna of New Caledonia with a checklist of species. Zootaxa 3736(1): 1-53.
- 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. 1984. A revision of the ant genus Rhytidoponera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in New Caledonia. Aust. J. Zool. 32: 131-175.
- Ward P. S. 1985. Taxonomic congruence and disparity in an insular ant fauna: Rhytidoponera in New Caledonia. Systematic Zoology 34: 140-151.