Rhytidoponera trachypyx
Rhytidoponera trachypyx | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Ectatomminae |
Tribe: | Ectatommini |
Genus: | Rhytidoponera |
Species: | R. trachypyx |
Binomial name | |
Rhytidoponera trachypyx Brown, 1958 |
Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -12.7° to -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
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- trachypyx. Rhytidoponera trachypyx Brown, 1958g: 281 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Northern Territory).
- Type-material: holotype worker, 1 paratype worker.
- Type-locality: holotype Australia: Northern Territory, Katherine (W.L. Brown); paratype Northern Territory, Darwin.
- Type-depository: MCZC.
- Status as species: Taylor & Brown, 1985: 48; Taylor, 1987a: 71; Bolton, 1995b: 381.
- Distribution: Australia.
Type Material
- Holotype, worker, river bank at Katherine, Northern Territory, Australia, Museum of Comparative Zoology.
- Paratype, 1 worker, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, Museum of Comparative Zoology.
Description
References
- Brown, W. L., Jr. 1958g. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. II. Tribe Ectatommini (Hymenoptera). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 118: 173-362. (page 281, worker described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Andersen A. N., R. R. Ribbons, M. Pettit, and C. L. Parr. 2014. Burning for biodiversity: highly resilient ant communities respond only to strongly contrasting fire regimes in Australias seasonal tropics. Journal of Applied Ecology 51: 14061413.
- 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.
- 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.