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Rhytidoponera terrestris
| Rhytidoponera terrestris | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ectatomminae |
| Tribe: | Ectatommini |
| Genus: | Rhytidoponera |
| Species: | R. terrestris |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhytidoponera terrestris Ward, 1984
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -21.56666946° to -21.58333397°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: New Caledonia (type locality).
Indo-Australian Region: Vanuatu.
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.
- terrestris. Rhytidoponera terrestris Ward, 1984: 168, figs. 43, 44, 49, 50 (w.m.) NEW CALEDONIA.
- Type-material: holotype worker, paratype workers (number not stated), 1 paratype male.
- Type-locality: holotype New Caledonia: Toma River, Col d’Amieu Forest Station, 380 m., 21°35’S, 165°46’E, 23.ii.1977, acc. no. 2316, nest in soil, rainforest (P.S. Ward); paratypes with same data but acc. nos 2315, 2316 (P.S. Ward), 3 workers Table Unio, 740 m., 21°34’S, 165°46’E, 22.ii.1977, acc. no. 2313 (P.S. Ward).
- Type-depositories: ANIC (holotype); ANIC, BMNH, BPBM, MCZC, MNHN, PSWC (paratypes).
- Status as species: Taylor, 1987a: 72; Bolton, 1995b: 381.
- Distribution: New Caledonia.
Type Material
- Holotype, worker, Toma R., Col D'Amieu Forestry Stn, New Caledonia, Ward,P., ANIC32-017964, Australian National Insect Collection.
- Paratype, 1 worker, Toma R., Col D'Amieu Forestry Stn, New Caledonia, Ward,P., ANIC32-017965, Australian National Insect Collection.
- Paratype, 1 worker, Toma R., Col D'Amieu Forestry Stn, New Caledonia, Ward,P., ANIC32-017966, Australian National Insect Collection.
- Paratype, 1 worker, Table Unio, New Caledonia, Ward,P., ANIC32-017967, Australian National Insect Collection.
- Paratype, 1 worker, New Caledonia, The Natural History Museum.
Description
References
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- CSIRO Collection
- Jennings J. T., L. Krogmann, and C. Burwell. 2013. Review of the hymenopteran fauna of New Caledonia with a checklist of species. Zootaxa 3736(1): 1-53.
- 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.
- Ward P. S. 1984. A revision of the ant genus Rhytidoponera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in New Caledonia. Aust. J. Zool. 32: 131-175.
- Ward P. S. 1985. Taxonomic congruence and disparity in an insular ant fauna: Rhytidoponera in New Caledonia. Systematic Zoology 34: 140-151.