Rhytidoponera laciniosa malandensis

Rhytidoponera laciniosa malandensis
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Rhytidoponera scaberrima)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Ectatomminae
Tribe:	Ectatommini
Genus:	Rhytidoponera
Species:	Rhytidoponera laciniosa malandensis Forel, 1915

This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Rhytidoponera scaberrima.

Nomenclature

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

• malandensis. Rhytidoponera laciniosa r. malandensis Forel, 1915b: 10 (w.m.) AUSTRALIA. Raised to species: Clark, 1936: 73. Junior synonym of scaberrima: Brown, 1958g: 204.

References

• Brown, W. L., Jr. 1958g. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. II. Tribe Ectatommini (Hymenoptera). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 118: 173-362.

• Clark, J. 1936. A revision of Australian species of Rhytidoponera Mayr. Memoirs of the National Museum, Victoria 9: 14-88. [(30).xi.1936.]

• Forel, A. 1915b. Results of Dr. E. Mjöbergs Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910-13. 2. Ameisen. Ark. Zool. 9(1 16: 1-119.