Rhytidoponera pilosula
Rhytidoponera pilosula | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Ectatomminae |
Tribe: | Ectatommini |
Genus: | Rhytidoponera |
Species: | R. pilosula |
Binomial name | |
Rhytidoponera pilosula Clark, 1936 |
Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -30.08333333° to -30.08333333°.
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. |
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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.
- pilosula. Rhytidoponera pilosula Clark, 1936: 80, pl. 6, fig. 58 (w.) AUSTRALIA (New South Wales).
- Type-material: 12 syntype workers.
- Type-locality: Australia: New South Wales, Bourke, 1933 (C. Barrett).
- Type-depository: MVMA.
- Status as species: Brown, 1958g: 204; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 46; Taylor, 1987a: 70; Bolton, 1995b: 380.
- Distribution: Australia.
Type Material
- Syntype, 1 worker, Bourke, New South Wales, Australia, Barrett,C., ANIC32-011942, Australian National Insect Collection.
- Syntype, 1 worker (labelled paratype), Bourke, New South Wales, Australia, Museum of Comparative Zoology.
- Syntype, worker(s), Bourke, New South Wales, Australia, Museum Victoria, Melbourne.
Description
References
- Clark, J. 1936. A revision of Australian species of Rhytidoponera Mayr (Formicidae). Mem. Natl. Mus. Vic. 9: 14-89 (page 80, pl. 6, fig. 58 worker described)
- 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
- Clark J. 1936. A revision of Australian species of Rhytidoponera Mayr (Formicidae). Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 9: 14-89