Rhytidoponera enigmatica

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia.

Nomenclature

 * . Rhytidoponera enigmatica Ward, 1980: 484, figs. 7-9, 20, 21, 27, 30 (w.m.) AUSTRALIA (New South Wales).
 * Type-material: holotype worker, 1062 paratype workers, 10 paratype males.
 * Type-locality: holotype Australia: New South Wales, Stringy Bark Creek, Lane Cove West, 33°49’S, 151°09’E, 10 m., 30.iv.1977, acc. 2442, under stone (P.S. Ward); paratypes: 179 workers with same data, 904 workers, 10 males from type-locality, accs 2444, 2447-2450, 2675-2677, 2681, 2682, 2684 (P.S. Ward), 27 workers New South Wales, Roseville Chase, 5.viii.1976 (B.B. Lowery), 121 workers Roseville Chase, 33°46’S, 151°12’E, 80 m., 12.i.1977, acc. 2143 (P.S. Ward), 1 worker New South Wales, Mossman, 33°50’S, 151°14’E, 20 m., 29.iii.1976, acc. 1603 (P.S. Ward), 1 worker New South Wales, Manly Dam, 33°47’S, 151°15’E, 30 m., 12.i.1977, acc. 2133 (P.S. Ward), 6 workers New South Wales, Sydney, Coal and Candle Creek, 1.xi.1970 (B.B. Lowery), 6 workers New South Wales, Cowan, 3.vii.1970 (B.B. Lowery), workers (numer not stated) New South Wales, Appin, 34°12’S, 150°46’E, 180 m., 20.x.1974, acc. 251 (P.S. Ward), “also 7 additional accessions (254, 579, 943, 944, 1582, 1583, 1584)” from the same locality (= Appin).
 * Type-depositories: ANIC (holotype); ANIC, BMNH, MCZC, “Australian State Museums” (presumably some or all of AMSC, MVMA, QMBA, SAMA, WAMP) (paratypes).
 * Status as species: Taylor & Brown, 1985: 43; Taylor, 1987a: 68; Bolton, 1995b: 379.
 * Distribution: Australia.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * 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. 1980. A systematic revision of the Rhytidoponera impressa group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Australia and New Guinea. Aust. J. Zool. 28: 475-498.