Rhytidoponera inops

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

Nomenclature

 *  inops. Rhytidoponera inops Emery, 1900c: 312 (w.) NEW GUINEA. Combination in R. (Chalcoponera): Emery, 1911d: 39. Senior synonym of striata: Wilson, in Brown, 1958g: 203; Wilson, 1958d: 310.
 * striata. Rhytidoponera (Chalcoponera) striata Donisthorpe, 1949c: 744 (w.) NEW GUINEA. Junior synonym of inops: Wilson, in Brown, 1958g: 203; Wilson, 1958d: 310.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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 * Wilson E.O. 1959. Adaptive shift and dispersal in a tropical ant fauna. Evolution 13(1): 122-144.
 * Wilson Edward O. 1959. Adaptive Shift and Dispersal in a Tropical Ant Fauna. Evolution 13(1): 122-144