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Rhytidoponera tenuis
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ectatomminae |
| Tribe: | Ectatommini |
| Genus: | Rhytidoponera |
| Species: | R. tenuis |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhytidoponera tenuis (Forel, 1900)
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -10.76666641° to -21.15°.
| 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 tenuis. Worker. Specimen code casent0900533. Photographer Ryan Perry, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by NHMUK, London, UK. |
   
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| Syntype of Rhytidoponera tenuis. Worker. Specimen code casent0907162. Photographer Z. Lieberman, 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.
- tenuis. Ectatomma (Rhytidoponera) tenue Forel, 1900b: 58 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Queensland).
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: Australia: Queensland, Mackay (Turner).
- Type-depositories: ANIC, MCZC, MHNG, NHMB.
- Combination in Rhytidoponera (Chalcoponera): Emery, 1911d: 39.
- Status as species: Emery, 1911d: 39; Stitz, 1911a: 354; Emery, 1912a: 78 (in key); Brown, 1958g: 205, 279; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 48; Taylor, 1987a: 71; Bolton, 1995b: 381.
- Distribution: Australia.
Type Material
- Ectatomma (Rhytidoponera) tenue Forel, 1900: Syntype, 3 workers, Mackay, Queensland, Australia, Turner,G., ANIC32-011956, Australian National Insect Collection.
- Ectatomma (Rhytidoponera) tenue Forel, 1900: Syntype, 1 worker, Mackay, Queensland, Australia, The Natural History Museum.
- Ectatomma (Rhytidoponera) tenue Forel, 1900: Syntype, 1 worker (head missing), Mackay, Queensland, Australia, Museum of Comparative Zoology.
- Ectatomma (Rhytidoponera) tenue Forel, 1900: Syntype, worker(s), Mackay, Queensland, Australia, Musee d'Histoire Naturelle Genève.
Description
References
- Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118: 1-125 (page 39, Combination in Rhytidoponera (Chalcoponera))
- 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 58, 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
- Brown W. L., Jr. 1958. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. II. Tribe Ectatommini (Hymenoptera). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 118: 173-362.