Rhytidoponera croesus

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia.

Nomenclature

 * . Rhytidoponera croesus Emery, 1901a: 50 (w.) AUSTRALIA (New South Wales).
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: Australia: New South Wales (no collector’s name).
 * Type-depositories: ANIC, MSNG.
 * Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1964b: 448 (l.).
 * Combination in R. (Chalcoponera): Emery, 1911d: 39.
 * Status as species: Emery, 1911d: 39; Emery, 1912a: 81; Forel, 1915b: 14; Brown, 1954g: 10; Brown, 1958g: 203; Baltazar, 1966: 234; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 42; Taylor, 1987a: 68; Bolton, 1995b: 379.
 * Senior synonym of andrei: Brown, 1954g: 10; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 42; Taylor, 1987a: 68; Bolton, 1995b: 379.
 * Senior synonym of fastuosa: Brown, 1954g: 10; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 42; Taylor, 1987a: 68; Bolton, 1995b: 379.
 * Distribution: Australia.
 * andrei. Chalcoponera victoriae var. andrei Wheeler, W.M. & Chapman, 1925: 59, pl. 2, figs. 3, 4 (w.) AUSTRALIA (New South Wales).
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated, “several”).
 * Type-locality: Australia: New South Wales, Dorrigo (W. Heron)
 * [Note: original description erroneously cites Victoria Mts as type-locality; corrected to Dorrigo from data on type-material by Brown, 1954g: 10.]
 * Type-depository: MCZC.
 * Subspecies of victoriae: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 26.
 * Junior synonym of croesus: Brown, 1954g: 10; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 42; Taylor, 1987a: 68; Bolton, 1995b: 378.
 * fastuosa. Rhytidoponera (Chalcoponera) fastuosa Santschi, 1916c: 174 (w.q.m.) AUSTRALIA (no state data).
 * Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated).
 * Type-locality: Australia: (no further data)(Duchaussoy).
 * Type-depository: NHMB.
 * Junior synonym of croesus: Brown, 1954g: 10; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 42; Taylor, 1987a: 68; Bolton, 1995b: 379.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Chapman, J.W. and S.R. Capco. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monographs of the Institute of Science and Technology (Manila) 1: 1- 327
 * Emery C. 1901. Notes sur les sous-familles des Dorylines et Ponérines (Famille des Formicides). Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 45: 32-54.
 * Forel A. 1915. Results of Dr. E. Mjöbergs Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910-13. 2. Ameisen. Ark. Zool. 9(16): 1-119
 * Taylor R. W., and D. R. Brown. 1985. Formicoidea. Zoological Catalogue of Australia 2: 1-149.