Rhytidoponera micans

Rhytidoponera micans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Ectatomminae
Tribe:	Ectatommini
Genus:	Rhytidoponera
Species:	R. micans
Binomial name
Rhytidoponera micans Clark, 1936 Specimen Labels

An arid and semi- arid area species.

Identification

Keys including this Species

• Key to Rhytidoponera of the southwestern Australian Botanical Province

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -22.1697° to -28.7°.

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.

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.

• micans. Rhytidoponera micans Clark, 1936: 62, pl. 5, figs. 40, 41 (w.m.) AUSTRALIA (Western Australia).
  • Type-material: syntype workers, syntype males (numbers not stated).
  • Type-localities: Australia: Western Australia, Eradu, and Mullewa (J. Clark).
  • Type-depository: MVMA.
  • Status as species: Brown, 1958g: 204; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 45; Taylor, 1987a: 69; Bolton, 1995b: 380; Heterick, 2009: 138.
  • Distribution: Australia.

Type Material

• Syntype, 2 workers (damaged), Eradu, Western Australia, Australia, Clark,J., ANIC32-011930, Australian National Insect Collection.
• Syntype, 3 workers (1 missing head), Eradu, Western Australia, Australia, Museum of Comparative Zoology.
• Syntype, worker, male, Eradu and Mullewa, Western Australia, Australia, Museum Victoria, Melbourne.
• Syntype, 1 worker, Eradu, Western Australia, Australia, Western Australian Museum.
• Syntype, 2 workers, Manjimup, Western Australia, Australia, Western Australian Museum.

References

• Clark, J. 1936. A revision of Australian species of Rhytidoponera Mayr (Formicidae). Mem. Natl. Mus. Vic. 9: 14-89 (page 62, pl. 5, figs. 40, 41 worker, male described)
• Heterick, B. E. 2009. A guide to the ants of South-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 76:1-206.
• Heterick, B.E. 2021. A guide to the ants of Western Australia. Part I: Systematics. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 86, 1-245 (doi:10.18195/issn.0313-122x.86.2021.001-245).
• Heterick, B.E. 2022. A guide to the ants of Western Australia. Part II: Distribution and biology. Records of the Western Australian Museum, supplement 86: 247-510 (doi:10.18195/issn.0313-122x.86.2022.247-510).

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Heterick B. E. 2009. A guide to the ants of south-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 76: 1-206.