Rhytidoponera aspera

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia.

Nomenclature

 *  aspera. Ponera metallica var. aspera Roger, 1860: 308 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Crawley, 1922b: 435 (q.m.); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1964b: 448 (l.). Combination in Ectatomma: Mayr, 1863: 410; in Rhytidoponera (Chalcoponera): Emery, 1911d: 39. Raised to species: Emery, 1911d: 39. Senior synonym of arnoldi: Brown, 1954g: 9. See also: Emery, 1912a: 77.
 * arnoldi. Rhytidoponera (Chalcoponera) arnoldi Forel, 1915b: 14 (footnote) (w.) AUSTRALIA. Junior synonym of aspera: Brown, 1954g: 9.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Clark J. 1929. Results of a collecting trip to the Cann River, East Gippsland. Victorian Naturalist (Melbourne) 46: 115-123.
 * Sinclair J. E., and T. R. New. 2004. Pine plantations in south eastern Australia support highly impoverished ant assemblages (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Insect Conservation 8: 277-286.
 * Taylor R. W., and D. R. Brown. 1985. Formicoidea. Zoological Catalogue of Australia 2: 1-149.