Rhytidoponera terrestris

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: New Caledonia. Indo-Australian Region: Vanuatu.

Nomenclature

 * . Rhytidoponera terrestris Ward, 1984: 168, figs. 43, 44, 49, 50 (w.m.) NEW CALEDONIA.
 * Type-material: holotype worker, paratype workers (number not stated), 1 paratype male.
 * Type-locality: holotype New Caledonia: Toma River, Col d’Amieu Forest Station, 380 m., 21°35’S, 165°46’E, 23.ii.1977, acc. no. 2316, nest in soil, rainforest (P.S. Ward); paratypes with same data but acc. nos 2315, 2316 (P.S. Ward), 3 workers Table Unio, 740 m., 21°34’S, 165°46’E, 22.ii.1977, acc. no. 2313 (P.S. Ward).
 * Type-depositories: ANIC (holotype); ANIC, BMNH, BPBM, MCZC, MNHN, PSWC (paratypes).
 * Status as species: Taylor, 1987a: 72; Bolton, 1995b: 381.
 * Distribution: New Caledonia.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * CSIRO Collection
 * Jennings J. T., L. Krogmann, and C. Burwell. 2013. Review of the hymenopteran fauna of New Caledonia with a checklist of species. Zootaxa 3736(1): 1-53.
 * Taylor R. W. 1987. A checklist of the ants of Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization) Division of Entomology Report 41: 1-92.
 * Ward P. S. 1984. A revision of the ant genus Rhytidoponera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in New Caledonia. Aust. J. Zool. 32: 131-175.
 * Ward P. S. 1985. Taxonomic congruence and disparity in an insular ant fauna: Rhytidoponera in New Caledonia. Systematic Zoology 34: 140-151.