Rhytidoponera luteipes

Rhytidoponera luteipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Ectatomminae
Tribe:	Ectatommini
Genus:	Rhytidoponera
Species:	R. luteipes
Binomial name
Rhytidoponera luteipes Ward, 1984 Paratype Specimen Label

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -21.14999962° to -21.18333333°.

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.

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.

• luteipes. Rhytidoponera luteipes Ward, 1984: 160, figs. 51, 52, 57, 58 (w.m.) NEW CALEDONIA.
  • Type-material: holotype worker, paratype workers (number not stated), 1 paratype male.
  • Type-locality: holotype New Caledonia: Col de Hô, 40 m., 21°11’S, 165°31’E, 5.v.1980, acc. no. 4235, sil at base of sapling, rainforest (P.S. Ward); paratypes with same data but acc. nos 4235, 4238, 4240 (P.S. Ward), workers Aoupinié Forest Reserve, 440 m., 21°09’S, 165°19’E, 18.iv.1980, acc. nos 4049, 4051-2 (P.S. Ward).
  • Type-depositories: ANIC (holotype); ANIC, BMNH, BPBM, MCZC, MNHN, PSWC (paratypes).
  • Status as species: Taylor, 1987a: 72; Bolton, 1995b: 379.
  • Distribution: New Caledonia.

Type Material

• Holotype, worker, Col de Ho, New Caledonia, Ward,P., ANIC32-017940, Australian National Insect Collection.
• Paratype, 1 worker, Col de Ho, New Caledonia, Ward,P., ANIC32-017941, Australian National Insect Collection.
• Paratype, 1 worker, Col de Ho, New Caledonia, Ward,P., ANIC32-017942, Australian National Insect Collection.
• Paratype, 4 workers, Col de Ho, New Caledonia, Ward,P., ANIC32-017943, Australian National Insect Collection.
• Paratype, 2 workers, Aoupinie Forest Res., New Caledonia, Ward,P.S., ANIC32-017944, Australian National Insect Collection.
• Paratype, 1 worker, New Caledonia, The Natural History Museum.
• Paratype, 1 worker, Aoupinie Forest Res., New Caledonia, Museum of Comparative Zoology.
• Paratype, 2 workers, Col de Ho, New Caledonia, Museum of Comparative Zoology.

References

• Ward, P. S. 1984. A revision of the ant genus Rhytidoponera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in New Caledonia. Aust. J. Zool. 32: 131-175

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.