Rhytidoponera socrus
Rhytidoponera socrus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Ectatomminae |
Tribe: | Ectatommini |
Genus: | Rhytidoponera |
Species: | R. socrus |
Binomial name | |
Rhytidoponera socrus (Forel, 1894) |
Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -20.08333° to -23.63333321°.
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.
- socrus. Ectatomma (Rhytidoponera) socrus Forel, 1894e: 236 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Queensland).
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: Australia: Queensland, Charters Towers (Wiederkehr).
- Type-depositories: ANIC, MHNG, NHMB.
- Wheeler, W.M. 1909a: 26 (m.).
- Combination in Rhytidoponera: Emery, 1911d: 38.
- Status as species: Wheeler, W.M. 1909a: 25 (redescription); Emery, 1911d: 38; Clark, 1936: 43 (redescription); Brown, 1958g: 204; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 48; Taylor, 1987a: 71; Bolton, 1995b: 380.
- Distribution: Australia.
Type Material
- Ectatomma (Rhytidoponera) socrus Forel, 1894: Syntype, 1 worker, Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia, Wiederkehr, ANIC32-011928, Australian National Insect Collection.
- Ectatomma (Rhytidoponera) socrus Forel, 1894: Syntype, worker(s), Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia, Musee d'Histoire Naturelle Genève.
Description
References
- Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118: 1-125 (page 38, Combination in Rhytidoponera)
- Forel, A. 1894e. Quelques fourmis de Madagascar (récoltées par M. le Dr. Voltzkow); de Nouvelle Zélande (récoltées par M. W. W. Smith); de Nouvelle Calédonie (récoltées par M. Sommer); de Queensland (Australie) (récoltées par M. Wiederkehr); et de Perth (page 236, worker described)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1909a. A small collection of ants from Victoria, Australia. J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 17: 25-29 (page 25, male described)