Rhytidoponera punctata

Distribution
Heterick (2009) - Its main distribution is in the wetter areas of the Darling Range and Swan coastal plain.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia.

Nomenclature

 * . Ectatomma punctata Smith, F. 1858b: 104 (w.) AUSTRALIA (South Australia).
 * Type-material: 2 syntype workers.
 * Type-locality: Australia: South Australia, Port Lincoln, “52/110” (no collector’s name).
 * Type-depository: BMNH.
 * Clark, 1938: 363 (m.).
 * Combination in Ponera (Ectatomma): Roger, 1860: 307;
 * combination in Ectatomma: Roger, 1863b: 17;
 * combination in E. (Rhytidoponera): Emery, in Dalla Torre, 1893: 25;
 * combination in Rhytidoponera: Emery, 1911d: 38.
 * Status as species: Roger, 1860: 307; Mayr, 1863: 410; Roger, 1863b: 17; Mayr, 1886c: 358; Forel, 1893d: 459; Dalla Torre, 1893: 25; Forel, 1907h: 268; Emery, 1911d: 38; Forel, 1915b: 12; Clark, 1936: 57 (redescription); Clark, 1938: 363; Brown, 1958g: 204, 270; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 46; Taylor, 1987a: 70; Bolton, 1995b: 380.
 * Distribution: Australia.
 * rufonigra. Rhytidoponera rufonigra Clark, 1936: 58, pl. 5, figs. 35, 36 (w.m.) AUSTRALIA (Western Australia).
 * Type-material: syntype workers, syntype males (numbers not stated).
 * Type-localities: Australia: Western Australia, Perth, Mundaring, and Armadale (J. Clark).
 * Type-depository: MVMA.
 * Status as species: Brown, 1958g: 204; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 47; Taylor, 1987a: 70; Bolton, 1995b: 380; Heterick, 2009: 139.
 * Junior synonym of punctata: Heterick, 2021: 16.

Type Material


Ectatomma punctata

Two worker syntypes in. Labelled “52/110.” Acc. Reg.: “1852 no. 110 (9 Oct.) Australia (Port Lincoln). Zool. Society.”

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Clark J. 1938. The Sir Joseph Banks Islands. Reports of the McCoy Society for Field Investigation and Research. Part 10. Formicidae (Hymenoptera). Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria (n.s.)50: 356-382.
 * Heterick B. E. 2009. A guide to the ants of south-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 76: 1-206.
 * 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.