Rhytidoponera acanthoponeroides

This species nests under stones in open areas in cloud forest dominated by Araucaria and Podocarpus.

Distribution
This taxon was described from New Caledonia.

Biology
From present records, this species appears to be restricted to rainforest and cloud forest at higher elevations (500-900m). At Montagne des Sources a worker was collected foraging in open heath or maquis about 20 m from the nearest gully with tall woody shrubs; all other records, including other ground foragers from Montagne des Sources, are from closed forest. Collections come from both sedimentary and ultramafic localities. Nest-site records; under stone (1); in clump of soil and rotting wood (1).

Nomenclature

 *  acanthoponeroides. Rhytidoponera acanthoponeroides Viehmeyer, 1924a: 227 (w.) NEW CALEDONIA. Brown, 1958g: 290 (m.). See also: Ward, 1984: 138.

Additional References
Viehmeyer, H. 1924b. Formiciden der australischen Faunenregion. Entomol. Mitt. 13: 219-229

[[Media:Brown 1958g.pdf|Brown, W. L., Jr. 1958g. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. II. Tribe Ectatommini (Hymenoptera). Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 118: 173-362]]

[[Media:Ward 1984.pdf|Ward, P. S. 1984. A revision of the ant genus Rhytidoponera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in New Caledonia. Aust. J. Zool. 32: 131-175]]