Rhytidoponera aciculata

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia.

Nomenclature

 * . Ectatomma aciculata Smith, F. 1858b: 104 (w.) AUSTRALIA (New South Wales).
 * Type-material: holotype worker.
 * Type-locality: Australia: Hunter River, “51/36” (no collector’s name).
 * Type-depository: BMNH.
 * Clark, 1936: 56 (m.); Imai, Crozier & Taylor, 1977: 347 (k.).
 * Combination in Ponera (Ectatomma): Roger, 1860: 307;
 * combination in Ectatomma: Roger, 1863b: 17;
 * combination in E. (Rhytidoponera): Emery, in Dalla Torre, 1893: 23;
 * combination in Rhytidoponera: Emery, 1911d: 38.
 * Subspecies of punctata: Forel, 1907h: 268; Emery, 1911d: 38; Forel, 1913g: 174.
 * Status as species: Mayr, 1863: 409; Roger, 1860: 307; Roger, 1863b: 17; Mayr, 1886c: 358; Dalla Torre, 1893: 23; Clark, 1936: 55 (redescription); Brown, 1958g: 202, 263; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 40; Taylor, 1987a: 67; Bolton, 1995b: 378.
 * Senior synonym of caro: Clark, 1936: 55; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 40; Taylor, 1987a: 67; Bolton, 1995b: 378.
 * Material of the unavailable name laevior referred here by Brown, 1958g: 202; Bolton, 1995b: 378.
 * Distribution: Australia.
 * caro. Ectatomma (Rhytidoponera) cristatum subsp. caro Forel, 1910b: 11 (w.) AUSTRALIA (New South Wales).
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: Australia: New South Wales (Froggatt).
 * Type-depositories: ANIC, MHNG, NHMB.
 * Combination in Rhytidoponera: Emery, 1911d: 38.
 * Subspecies of cristata: Emery, 1911d: 38.
 * Junior synonym of aciculata: Clark, 1936: 55; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 40; Taylor, 1987a: 67; Bolton, 1995b: 378.

Type Material


Ectatomma aciculata

Holotype worker in. Labelled “Hunter River,” (Australia) and “51/36.” Acc. Reg.: “1851 no. 36 (April 16th). Hunter River. Purchased from Mr Ker. Bill 1851.A.26.”

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Stitz H. 1911. Australische Ameisen. (Neu-Guinea und Salomons-Inseln, Festland, Neu-Seeland). Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1911: 351-381.