Rhytidoponera yorkensis
Rhytidoponera yorkensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Ectatomminae |
Tribe: | Ectatommini |
Genus: | Rhytidoponera |
Species: | R. yorkensis |
Binomial name | |
Rhytidoponera yorkensis Forel, 1915 |
Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -13.10000038° to -17.15°.
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. |
Biology
Castes
Worker
Images from AntWeb
Syntype of Rhytidoponera yorkensis. Worker. Specimen code casent0907136. Photographer Will Ericson, 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.
- yorkensis. Rhytidoponera cristata r. yorkensis Forel, 1915b: 12 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Queensland).
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: Australia: Queensland, Cape York (E. Mjöberg).
- Type-depositories: MHNG, NHRS.
- Status as species: Clark, 1936: 53 (redescription); Brown, 1958g: 205; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 49; Taylor, 1987a: 71; Bolton, 1995b: 381.
- Distribution: Australia.
Type Material
- Rhytidoponera cristata yorkensis Forel, 1915: Syntype, worker(s), Cape York, Queensland, Australia, Musee d'Histoire Naturelle Genève.
Description
References
- Clark, J. 1936. A revision of Australian species of Rhytidoponera Mayr (Formicidae). Mem. Natl. Mus. Vic. 9: 14-89 (page 53, Raised to species)
- Forel, A. 1915b. Results of Dr. E. Mjöbergs Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910-13. 2. Ameisen. Ark. Zool. 9(1 16: 1-119 (page 12, worker described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Clark J. 1936. A revision of Australian species of Rhytidoponera Mayr (Formicidae). Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 9: 14-89