Rhytidoponera impressa

One of very few species in this genus where queens reproduce.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia.

Castes
Queens (n=5 dissected) had 16-18 ovarioles; workers (n=4) had 4-6 ovarioles (C. Peeters, unpublished)

Nomenclature

 *  impressa. Ectatomma impressum Mayr, 1876: 92 (w.q.) AUSTRALIA. Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1952a: 124 (l.); Imai, Crozier & Taylor, 1977: 347 (k.). Combination in E. (Rhytidoponera): Dalla Torre, 1893: 24; in Rhytidoponera (Chalcoponera): Emery, 1897d: 548. See also: Brown, 1954g: 5; Ward, 1980: 487.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Chapman, J. W., and Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monogr. Inst. Sci. Technol. Manila 1: 1-327
 * Forel A. 1915. Results of Dr. E. Mjöbergs Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910-13. 2. Ameisen. Ark. Zool. 9(16): 1-119
 * 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.