Rhytidoponera rufithorax

Rhytidoponera rufithorax
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Ectatomminae
Tribe:	Ectatommini
Genus:	Rhytidoponera
Species:	R. rufithorax
Binomial name
Rhytidoponera rufithorax Clark, 1941 Specimen Labels

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -18.71666667° to -19.05°.

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.

Nomenclature

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

• rufithorax. Rhytidoponera rufithorax Clark, 1941: 82, pl. 13, fig. 12 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Northern Territory).
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-locality: Australia: Northern Territory, Alexandria station (T. Greaves).
  • Type-depository: MVMA.
  • Status as species: Brown, 1958g: 204; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 47; Taylor, 1987a: 70; Bolton, 1995b: 380.
  • Distribution: Australia.

Type Material

• Syntype, 2 workers, Alexandria Station, Northern Territory, Australia, Greaves,T., ANIC32-011939, Australian National Insect Collection.
• Syntype, worker(s), Alexandria Station, Northern Territory, Australia, Museum Victoria, Melbourne.

References

• Clark, J. 1941b. Australian Formicidae. Notes and new species. Mem. Natl. Mus. Vic. 12: 71-94 (page 82, pl. 13, fig. 12 worker described)

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.
• Clark J. 1941. Australian Formicidae. Notes and new species. Memoirs of the National Museum, Victoria 12: 71-93.