Rhytidoponera trachypyx

Rhytidoponera trachypyx
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 Specimen Label

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.

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.

• 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.

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 Australia’s seasonal tropics. Journal of Applied Ecology 51: 1406–1413.
• 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.