Rhytidoponera victoriae

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia.

Nomenclature

 * modestum. Ectatomma (Rhytidoponera) metallicum var. modestum Emery, 1895g: 348 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Combination in Rhytidoponera (Chalcoponera): Emery, 1911d: 39. Subspecies of victoriae: Emery, 1911d: 39; Emery, 1912a: 80. Junior synonym of victoriae: Brown, 1958g: 205.
 *  victoriae. Ectatomma (Rhytidoponera) victoriae André, 1896b: 261 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Crawley, in Poulton & Crawley, 1922: 122 (m.); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1964b: 449 (l.); Crozier, 1969: 241 (k.). Combination in Rhytidoponera (Chalcoponera): Emery, 1911d: 39. Senior synonym of cedarensis, modestum, scrobiculatum: Brown, 1958g: 205.
 * scrobiculatum. Ectatomma (Rhytidoponera) metallicum var. scrobiculatum Forel, 1900b: 59 (w.q.m.) AUSTRALIA. Combination in Rhytidoponera (Chalcoponera): Emery, 1911d: 39. Subspecies of victoriae: Emery, 1911d: 39; Emery, 1912a: 80. Junior synonym of victoriae: Brown, 1958g: 205.
 * cedarensis. Rhytidoponera (Chalcoponera) victoriae var. cedarensis Forel, 1915b: 15 (w.m.) AUSTRALIA. Junior synonym of victoriae: Brown, 1958g: 205.

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