Rhytidoponera subcyanea

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

Nomenclature

 *  subcyanea. Rhytidoponera subcyanea Emery, 1897d: 548 (w.) NEW GUINEA. Senior synonym of aruana, transversiruga, wallacei: Wilson, in Brown, 1958g: 205; Wilson, 1958d: 319.
 * transversiruga. Rhytidoponera subcyanea subsp. transversiruga Emery, 1911b: 532 (w.) NEW GUINEA. Junior synonym of subcyanea: Wilson, in Brown, 1958g: 205; Wilson, 1958d: 319.
 * aruana. Rhytidoponera (Rhytidoponera) subcyanea var. aruana Karavaiev, 1925a: 78 (w.) INDONESIA (Aru I.). Junior synonym of subcyanea: Wilson, in Brown, 1958g: 205; Wilson, 1958d: 319.
 * wallacei. Rhytidoponera (Rhytidoponera) wallacei Donisthorpe, 1932c: 474 (w.) INDONESIA (Aru I.). Junior synonym of subcyanea: Wilson, in Brown, 1958g: 205; Wilson, 1958d: 319.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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 * CSIRO Collection
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 * Viehmeyer H. 1912. Ameisen aus Deutsch Neuguinea gesammelt von Dr. O. Schlaginhaufen. Nebst einem Verzeichnisse der papuanischen Arten. Abhandlungen und Berichte des Königlichen Zoologischen und Anthropologische-Ethnographischen Museums zu Dresden 14: 1-26.
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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