Rhytidoponera fulgens

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

Nomenclature

 * . Ectatomma fulgens Emery, 1883: 148 (w.) NEW CALEDONIA.
 * Type-material: holotype worker.
 * Type-locality: New Caledonia: (no further data).
 * Type-depository: MSNG.
 * Emery, 1914f: 395 (m.).
 * Combination in E. (Rhytidoponera): Emery, in Dalla Torre, 1893: 24;
 * combination in Rhytidoponera (Chalcoponera): Emery, 1911d: 39;
 * combination in Chalcoponera: Wheeler, W.M. 1935g: 10.
 * Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 24; Emery, 1911d: 39; Emery, 1912a: 78 (in key); Emery, 1914f: 393; Wheeler, W.M. 1935g: 10; Brown, 1958g: 203, 288 (in key); Ward, 1984: 144 (redescription); Taylor, 1987a: 71; Bolton, 1995b: 379.
 * Senior synonym of socrula: Brown, 1958g: 203; Ward, 1984: 144; Taylor, 1987a: 71; Bolton, 1995b: 379.
 * Distribution: New Caledonia.
 * socrula. Rhytidoponera (Chalcoponera) fulgens var. socrula Emery, 1914f: 395 (w.) NEW CALEDONIA.
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: New Caledonia: Coula-Boréaré (F. Sarasin & J. Roux).
 * Type-depositories: MHNG, MSNG, NHMB.
 * Combination in Chalcoponera: Wheeler, W.M. 1935g: 10.
 * Subspecies of fulgens: Wheeler, W.M. 1935g: 10.
 * Junior synonym of fulgens: Brown, 1958g: 203; Ward, 1984: 144; Taylor, 1987a: 71; Bolton, 1995b: 380.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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 * Chazeau J., H. Jourdan, L. Bonnet de Larbogne, J. Konghouleux, and T. Potiaroa. 2003. Etude floristique et faunistique de la foret seche de Nekoro, 2 eme partie: evaluation de l'integrite de la faune par l'etude de la myrmecofaune. Lettre de Commande Programme Forêt Sèche /lRD N°l 54/2002/CP
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 * Emery C. 1911. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118: 1-125.
 * Emery, C. 1914. Les fourmis de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et des îles Loyalty. Nova Caledonia. A. Zoologie 1:393-437.
 * 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.
 * Jourdan H., T. Delsinne, R. Sadlier, L. Bonnet de Larbogne, D. Konghouleux, T. Potiaroa and J. Chazeau. 2002. P37-56. In Etude de l'invasion de la Nouvelle-Calédonie par la fourmi pionnière Wasmannia auropunctata (Roger): modalités, impact sur la diversité et le fonctionnement des écosystèmes, moyens d'une maîtrise de la nuisance. Programme INWASCAL, Conventions Sciences de la Vie, Zoologie Appliquée 13.
 * 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.
 * Wheeler W.M. 1935. Check list of the ants of Oceania. Occasional Papers of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum 11(11):1-56.
 * Wheeler, W. M. 1927. The ants of Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island. Proc. Am. Acad. Arts Sci. 62: 121-153
 * Wheeler, William Morton. 1927. The Ants of Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 62(4): 121-153
 * Wheeler, William Morton.1935.Checklist of the Ants of Oceania.Occasional Papers 11(11): 3-56