Rhytidoponera koumensis

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: New Caledonia.

Nomenclature

 * . Rhytidoponera koumensis Ward, 1984: 146, figs. 31, 32, 37, 38 (w.m.) NEW CALEDONIA.
 * Type-material: holotype worker, paratype workers (number not stated), 1 paratype male.
 * Type-locality: holotype New Caledonia: Grottes de Koum, 40 m., 20°32’S, 164°20’E, 3.v.1980, acc. no. 4209, in soil, dry rainforest, on limestone (P.S. Ward); paratypes with same data but acc. nos 4196, 4202, 4209 (P.S. Ward), 7 workers 9 km. NNE Koumac, 80 m., 20°29’S, 164°18’E, 3.v.1980, acc. 4210 (P.S. Ward).
 * Type-depositories: ANIC (holotype); ANIC, BMNH, BPBM, MCZC, MNHN, NHMB, PSWC (paratypes).
 * Status as species: Taylor, 1987a: 72; Bolton, 1995b: 379.
 * Distribution: New Caledonia.

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.