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Rhytidoponera viridis
| Rhytidoponera viridis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ectatomminae |
| Tribe: | Ectatommini |
| Genus: | Rhytidoponera |
| Species: | R. viridis |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhytidoponera viridis (Clark, 1941)
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -32.06667° to -32.06667°.
| 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.
- viridis. Chalcoponera viridis Clark, 1941: 83, pl. 13, fig. 13 (w.) AUSTRALIA (South Australia).
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: Australia: South Australia, Kalmurina, Lake Eyre, 17.viii.1903 (J.W. Gregory).
- Type-depository: MVMA.
- Combination in Rhytidoponera: Brown, 1958g: 205.
- Status as species: Brown, 1958g: 205, 279; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 49; Taylor, 1987a: 71; Bolton, 1995b: 381.
- Distribution: Australia.
Type Material
- Chalcoponera viridis Clark, 1941: Holotype, worker, Kalamurina, Lake Eyre, South Australia, Australia, Museum Victoria, Melbourne.
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 205, Combination in Rhytidoponera)
- Clark, J. 1941b. Australian Formicidae. Notes and new species. Mem. Natl. Mus. Vic. 12: 71-94 (page 83, pl. 13, fig. 13 worker described)