Rhytidoponera punctiventris

Rhytidoponera punctiventris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Ectatomminae
Tribe:	Ectatommini
Genus:	Rhytidoponera
Species:	R. punctiventris
Binomial name
Rhytidoponera punctiventris (Forel, 1900) Specimen Labels

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -28.04999924° to -36.73333333°.

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.

Castes

Worker

Images from AntWeb

Worker. Specimen code casent0281303. Photographer Estella Ortega, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by PSWC, Philip S. Ward Collection.

Syntype of Rhytidoponera punctiventris. Worker. Specimen code casent0907144. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• punctiventris. Ectatomma (Rhytidoponera) cristatum var. punctiventris Forel, 1900b: 56 (w.) AUSTRALIA (New South Wales).
  • Type-material: holotype (?) worker.
  • [Note: no indication of number of specimens is given.]
  • Type-locality: Australia: New South Wales, Sydney (Froggatt).
  • Type-depository: MHNG.
  • Clark, 1936: 52 (m.).
  • Combination in Rhytidoponera: Emery, 1911d: 38.
  • Subspecies of cristata: Emery, 1911d: 38; Clark, 1936: 51 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 380 (error).
  • Status as species: Brown, 1958g: 204; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 46; Taylor, 1987a: 70.
  • Distribution: Australia.

Type Material

• Ectatomma (Rhytidoponera) cristatum punctiventris Forel, 1900: Syntype, 1 worker, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Musee d'Histoire Naturelle Genève.
• Ectatomma (Rhytidoponera) cristatum punctiventris Forel, 1900: Syntype, 1 worker, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Vienna.

References

• Brown, W. L., Jr. 1958g. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. II. Tribe Ectatommini (Hymenoptera). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 118: 173-362 (page 204, Raised to species)
• Clark, J. 1936. A revision of Australian species of Rhytidoponera Mayr (Formicidae). Mem. Natl. Mus. Vic. 9: 14-89 (page 52, male described)
• Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118: 1-125 (page 38, Combination in Rhytidoponera)
• Forel, A. 1900b. Ponerinae et Dorylinae d'Australie récoltés par MM. Turner, Froggatt, Nugent, Chase, Rothney, J.-J. Walker, etc. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 44: 54-77 (page 56, worker described)

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
• 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.
• Taylor R. W., and D. R. Brown. 1985. Formicoidea. Zoological Catalogue of Australia 2: 1-149.