Rhytidoponera rufescens

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia.

Nomenclature

 * . Ectatomma (Rhytidoponera) convexum var. rufescens Forel, 1900b: 58 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Queensland).
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: Australia: Queensland, Townsville (Turner) (by restriction of Brown, 1958g: 266).
 * [Note: other locality mentioned in original description is Queensland, Charters Towers (Wiederkehr).]
 * Type-depository: MHNG.
 * Clark, 1936: 88 (m.).
 * Combination in Rhytidoponera: Emery, 1911d: 38.
 * Subspecies of convexa: Emery, 1911d: 38; Clark, 1936: 85 (redescription).
 * Status as species: Brown, 1958g: 204, 266; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 47; Taylor, 1987a: 70; Bolton, 1995b: 380.
 * Distribution: Australia.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * 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.