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Rhytidoponera nitidiventris
| Rhytidoponera nitidiventris | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ectatomminae |
| Tribe: | Ectatommini |
| Genus: | Rhytidoponera |
| Species: | R. nitidiventris |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhytidoponera nitidiventris Ward, 1984
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -20.53333282° 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.
- nitidiventris. Rhytidoponera nitidiventris Ward, 1984: 164, figs. 63, 64, 69, 70 (w.) NEW CALEDONIA.
- Type-material: holotype worker, paratype workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: holotype New Caledonia: Grottes de Koum, 40 m., 20°32’S, 164°20’E, 3.v.1980, acc. no. 4206, in soil at base of sapling, rainforest (P.S. Ward); paratypes with same data but acc. nos 4205, 4206 (P.S. Ward).
- Type-depositories: ANIC (holotype); ANIC, BMNH, BPBM, MCZC, MNHN, PSWC (paratypes).
- Status as species: Taylor, 1987a: 72; Bolton, 1995b: 380.
- Distribution: New Caledonia.
Type Material
- Holotype, worker, Grottes de Koum, New Caledonia, Ward,P., ANIC32-017950, Australian National Insect Collection.
- Paratype, 1 worker, Grottes de Koum, New Caledonia, Ward,P., ANIC32-017951, Australian National Insect Collection.
- Paratype, 1 worker, Grottes de Koum, New Caledonia, The Natural History Museum.
- Paratype, 1 worker, Grottes de Koum, New Caledonia, Museum of Comparative Zoology.
Description
References
Ward, P. S. 1984. A revision of the ant genus Rhytidoponera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in New Caledonia. Aust. J. Zool. 32: 131-175 (page 164, figs. 63, 64, 69, 70 worker described)
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.