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Rhytidoponera reticulata
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ectatomminae |
| Tribe: | Ectatommini |
| Genus: | Rhytidoponera |
| Species: | R. reticulata |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhytidoponera reticulata (Forel, 1893)
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -10.94999981° to -18.71666667°.
| 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
Worker
Images from AntWeb
   
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| Syntype of Rhytidoponera reticulata. Worker. Specimen code casent0900523. Photographer Ryan Perry, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by NHMUK, London, UK. |
   
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| Syntype of Rhytidoponera reticulata. Worker. Specimen code casent0907161. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland. |
   
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| Worker. Specimen code casent0281286. Photographer Estella Ortega, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by PSWC, Philip S. Ward Collection. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- reticulata. Ectatomma (Rhytidoponera) reticulatum Forel, 1893d: 459 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Northern Territory).
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: Australia: Northern Territory, Port Darwin (J.J. Walker).
- Type-depository: MHNG.
- Crawley, 1921: 88 (m.).
- Combination in Rhytidoponera (Chalcoponera): Emery, 1911d: 39.
- Status as species: Emery, 1911d: 39; Emery, 1912a: 78 (in key); Crawley, 1918: 88; Crawley, 1921: 88; Clark, 1936: 74 (redescription); Brown, 1958g: 204, 278; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 47; Taylor, 1987a: 70; Bolton, 1995b: 380.
- Distribution: Australia.
Type Material
- Ectatomma (Rhytidoponera) reticulatum Forel, 1893: Holotype, worker, Darwin (as Port Darwin), Northern Territory, Australia, Musee d'Histoire Naturelle Genève.
- Ectatomma (Rhytidoponera) reticulatum Forel, 1893: Paratype, 1 worker, Darwin (as Port Darwin), Northern Territory, Australia, The Natural History Museum.
Description
References
- Crawley, W. C. 1921. New and little-known species of ants from various localities. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 9(7): 87-97 (page 88, male described)
- Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118: 1-125 (page 39, Combination in Rhytidoponera (Chalcoponera))
- Forel, A. 1893f. Nouvelles fourmis d'Australie et des Canaries. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 37: 454-466 (page 459, worker described)
- Heterick, B.E. 2021. A guide to the ants of Western Australia. Part I: Systematics. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 86, 1-245 (doi:10.18195/issn.0313-122x.86.2021.001-245).
- 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
- Andersen A. N. 1993. Ant communities in the Gulf Region of Australia's semi-arid tropics: species composition, patterns of organisation, and biogeography. Australian Journal of Zoology 41: 399-414.
- Andersen A. N., J. C. Z. Woinarski, and B. Hoffman. 2004. Biogeography of the ant fauna of the Tiwi Islands, in northern Australia's moonsoonal tropics. Australian Journal of Zoology 52: 97-110.
- Andersen A. N., and A. D. Patel. 1994. Meat ants as dominant members of Australian ant communities: an experimental test of their influence on the foraging success and forager abundance of other species. Oecologia 98: 15-24.
- Andersen A. N., and B. D. Hoffmann. 2010. Conservation value of low fire frequency in tropical savannas: ants in monsoonal northern Australia. Austral Ecology 36(5): 597-503.
- Andersen, Alan N., John C.Z. Woinarski and Ben D. Hoffman. 2004. Biogeography of the ant fauna of the Tiwi Islands, in northern Australia's monsoonal tropics. Australian Journal of Zoology 52: 97-110.
- Woinarski J.C.Z., H. Reichel, and A.N. Andersen. 1998. The distribution of ants on the Wessel and English Company islands, in the seasonal tropics of Australia's Northern Territory. Australian Journal of Zoology 46: 557-578.