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Rhytidoponera peninsularis
| Rhytidoponera peninsularis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ectatomminae |
| Tribe: | Ectatommini |
| Genus: | Rhytidoponera |
| Species: | R. peninsularis |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhytidoponera peninsularis Brown, 1958
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Identification
Distribution
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. |
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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.
- peninsularis. Rhytidoponera peninsularis Brown, 1958g: 280 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Queensland).
- Type-material: holotype worker.
- Type-locality: Australia: Queensland, Cape York Peninsula, Rocky Scrub (rainforest), McIlwraith Range, NE Coen, 19.vi.1932 (P.J. Darlington).
- Type-depository: MCZC.
- Status as species: Taylor & Brown, 1985: 46; Taylor, 1987a: 70; Bolton, 1995b: 380.
- Distribution: Australia.
Type Material
- Holotype, worker, Rocky Scrub, McIlwraith Range, NE Coen, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia, Museum of Comparative Zoology.