Rhytidoponera strigosa

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: New Guinea.

Nomenclature

 * . Ectatomma araneoides var. strigosum Emery, 1887b: 444 (w.) NEW GUINEA (Indonesia).
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: Indonesia: Irian Jaya, Andai (nr Manokwari) (L.M. D’Albertis).
 * Type-depository: MSNG.
 * Donisthorpe, 1943d: 437 (m.).
 * Combination in Rhytidoponera: Emery, 1897d: 549.
 * Subspecies of araneoides: Dalla Torre, 1893: 23; Emery, 1897d: 549; Forel, 1901b: 7; Forel, 1907a: 2; Emery, 1911b: 531.
 * Status as species: Emery, 1911d: 38; Viehmeyer, 1914c: 515; Karavaiev, 1925a: 77; Santschi, 1932b: 11; Wheeler, W.M. 1935g: 10; Donisthorpe, 1943d: 437; Donisthorpe, 1947c: 579; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 28; Brown, 1958g: 204; Wilson, 1958d: 316; Bolton, 1995b: 381.
 * Senior synonym of curvata: Wilson, 1958d: 317; Wilson, in Brown, 1958g: 204; Bolton, 1995b: 381.
 * Senior synonym of intricata: Wilson, 1958d: 317; Wilson, in Brown, 1958g: 204; Bolton, 1995b: 381.
 * Senior synonym of nitens: Wilson, 1958d: 317; Wilson, in Brown, 1958g: 204; Bolton, 1995b: 381.
 * Senior synonym of schlaginhaufeni: Wilson, 1958d: 317; Wilson, in Brown, 1958g: 204; Bolton, 1995b: 381.
 * Distribution: Indonesia (Irian Jaya), Papua New Guinea.
 * curvata. Rhytidoponera strigosa var. curvata Stitz, 1912: 499, fig. 3 (w.) NEW GUINEA (no state data).
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated, “a few”).
 * Type-locality: New Guinea: (no further data), Kaiserin-Augustafluss-Expd. (Bürgers).
 * Type-depository: MNHU.
 * Karavaiev, 1925a: 77 (m.).
 * Subspecies of strigosa: Karavaiev, 1925a: 77; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 28.
 * Junior synonym of strigosa: Wilson, 1958d: 317; Wilson, in Brown, 1958g: 204; Bolton, 1995b: 379.
 * intricata. Rhytidoponera subcyanea subsp. intricata Emery, 1911b: 533 (w.) NEW GUINEA (Indonesia).
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-localities: Indonesia: Irian Jaya, Manikion, Moaif, and Tawarin (no collector’s name).
 * Type-depository: MSNG.
 * Subspecies of subcyanea: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 28.
 * Junior synonym of strigosa: Wilson, 1958d: 317; Wilson, in Brown, 1958g: 204; Bolton, 1995b: 379.
 * nitens. Rhytidoponera (Rhytidoponera) nitens Donisthorpe, 1949g: 403 (w.m.) NEW GUINEA (Papua New Guinea, Indonesia).
 * Type-material: holotype worker, 7 paratype workers, 1 paratype male.
 * Type-locality: holotype Papua New Guinea: Finschhafen, 10.iv.1944 (E.S. Ross); paratype workers with same data, paratype male Indonesia: Irian Jaya (“Dutch New Guinea”), Maffin Bay, ix.1944 (E.S. Ross).
 * [Note: type-data follows Wilson, 1958d: 318. Donisthorpe originally gave Dutch New Guinea: Maffin Bay, 5.v.1944, ix.1944 (E.S. Ross) as type-data for all the material, which Wilson concluded was incorrect after examination of the whole series.]
 * Type-depository: CASC.
 * Junior synonym of strigosa: Wilson, 1958d: 317; Wilson, in Brown, 1958g: 204; Bolton, 1995b: 380.
 * obscurum. Ectatomma (Rhytidoponera) metallicum var. obscurum Forel, 1900b: 60 (w.q.m.) AUSTRALIA (Queensland).
 * Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated).
 * Type-locality: Australia: Queensland, Mackay (Turner).
 * Type-depositories: ANIC, MHNG, NHMB.
 * [Junior primary homonym of Ectatomma (Holcoponera) obscurum Emery, 1896g: 48.]
 * Combination in Rhytidoponera (Chalcoponera): Emery, 1911d: 39.
 * Status as species: Emery, 1911d: 39; Emery, 1912a: 79.
 * Replacement name: Rhytidoponera (Chalcoponera) clarki Donisthorpe, 1943e: 115.
 * [Note: clarki Donisthorpe is replacement name for Chalcoponera hilli Clark, 1941 (which itself is a junior secondary homonym of Rhytidoponera hilli Crawley, 1915). Both clarki Donisthorpe, 1943 and hilli Clark, 1941, are junior synonyms of obscurum Forel (synonymy by Brown, 1958g: 203); hence clarki Donisthorpe is the first available replacement name (Brown, 1958g: 286).]
 * schlaginhaufeni. Rhytidoponera schlaginhaufeni Viehmeyer, 1912: 4, fig. 2 (w.) NEW GUINEA (Papua New Guinea).
 * Type-material: 2 syntype workers.
 * Type-locality: Papua New Guinea (“Deutsch Neuguinea”): Torricelli Mts (640 m.), 17-18.ix.1909 (O. Schlaginhaufen).
 * Type-depository: MNHU (possibly also in SMTD).
 * Status as species: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 28.
 * Junior synonym of strigosa: Wilson, 1958d: 317; Wilson, in Brown, 1958g: 204; Bolton, 1995b: 380.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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