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Rhytidoponera opaciventris
| Rhytidoponera opaciventris | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ectatomminae |
| Tribe: | Ectatommini |
| Genus: | Rhytidoponera |
| Species: | R. opaciventris |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhytidoponera opaciventris Ward, 1984
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -20.56666667° to -20.60000038°.
| 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.
- opaciventris. Rhytidoponera opaciventris Ward, 1984: 145, figs. 17, 18, 23, 24 (w.m.) NEW CALEDONIA.
- Type-material: holotype worker, paratype workers, paratype males (numbers not stated).
- Type-locality: holotype New Caledonia: Mt Panié, 100 m., 20°34’S, 164°46’E, 23.iv.1980, acc. no. 4094, under stone, rainforest (P.S. Ward); paratypes with same data but 100m., 300 m., 360 m., 390 m., 520 m., 600 m., 750 m., acc. nos 2172, 2184-1, 2185, 2189, 2190, 2200, 2205, 2208, 2213, 2214-1, 2215, 4081, 4082, 4094 (P.S. Ward), 3 workers Mt Panié, 350 m., 28.x.1978 (J.C. Watt), 1 worker Mt Panié, 500 m., 27.vi.1911 (F. Sarasin & J. Roux).
- Type-depositories: ANIC (holotype); ANIC, BMNH, BPBM, MCZC, MNHN, NHMB, PSWC (paratypes).
- Status as species: Taylor, 1987a: 72; Bolton, 1995b: 380.
- Distribution: New Caledonia.
Type Material
- Holotype, worker, Mt. Panié, New Caledonia, Ward,P.S., ANIC32-017952, Australian National Insect Collection.
- Paratype, 3 workers, Mt. Panié, New Caledonia, Watt,J.C., ANIC32-017953, Australian National Insect Collection.
- Paratype, 2 workers, Mt. Panié, New Caledonia, Ward,P.S., ANIC32-017954, Australian National Insect Collection.
- Paratype, 1 worker, Mt. Panié, New Caledonia, Ward,P.S., ANIC32-017955, Australian National Insect Collection.
- Paratype, 4 workers, Mt. Panié, New Caledonia, Ward,P.S., ANIC32-017956, Australian National Insect Collection.
- Paratype, 2 workers, Mt. Panié, New Caledonia, Ward,P.S., ANIC32-017957, Australian National Insect Collection.
- Paratype, 5 workers, Mt. Panié, New Caledonia, Ward,P.S., ANIC32-017958, Australian National Insect Collection.
- Paratype, 1 worker, Mt. Panié, New Caledonia, Ward,P.S., ANIC32-017959, Australian National Insect Collection.
- Paratype, 3 workers, Mt. Panié, New Caledonia, Ward,P.S., ANIC32-017960, Australian National Insect Collection.
- Paratype, 1 worker, Mt. Panié, New Caledonia, Ward,P.S., ANIC32-017961, Australian National Insect Collection.
- Paratype, 2 workers, Mt. Panié, New Caledonia, Ward,P.S., ANIC32-017962, Australian National Insect Collection.
- Paratype, 2 workers, Mt. Panié, New Caledonia, Ward,P.S., ANIC32-017963, Australian National Insect Collection.
- Paratype, 2 workers, Mt. Panié, New Caledonia, The Natural History Museum.
- Paratype, 4 workers, Mt. Panié, 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 145, figs. 17, 18, 23, 24 worker, male 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.