Rhytidoponera metallica purpurascens

Rhytidoponera metallica purpurascens
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Rhytidoponera metallica)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Ectatomminae
Tribe:	Ectatommini
Genus:	Rhytidoponera
Species:	Rhytidoponera metallica purpurascens Wheeler, W.M., 1915

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

Nomenclature

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

• purpurascens. Rhytidoponera (Chalcoponera) metallica var. purpurascens Wheeler, W.M. 1915g: 805 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Junior synonym of metallica: 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.

• Wheeler, W. M. 1915h. Hymenoptera. [In "Scientific notes on an expedition into the north-western regions of South Australia".]. Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 39: 805-823.