Rhytidoponera acanthoponeroides

This species nests under stones in open areas in cloud forest dominated by Araucaria and Podocarpus.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: New Caledonia.

Biology
From present records, this species appears to be restricted to rainforest and cloud forest at higher elevations (500-900m). At Montagne des Sources a worker was collected foraging in open heath or maquis about 20 m from the nearest gully with tall woody shrubs; all other records, including other ground foragers from Montagne des Sources, are from closed forest. Collections come from both sedimentary and ultramafic localities. Nest-site records; under stone (1); in clump of soil and rotting wood (1).

Nomenclature

 *  acanthoponeroides. Rhytidoponera acanthoponeroides Viehmeyer, 1924a: 227 (w.) NEW CALEDONIA. Brown, 1958g: 290 (m.). See also: Ward, 1984: 138.

Additional References
Viehmeyer, H. 1924b. Formiciden der australischen Faunenregion. Entomol. Mitt. 13: 219-229

[[Media:Brown 1958g.pdf|Brown, W. L., Jr. 1958g. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. II. Tribe Ectatommini (Hymenoptera). Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 118: 173-362]]

[[Media:Ward 1984.pdf|Ward, P. S. 1984. A revision of the ant genus Rhytidoponera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in New Caledonia. Aust. J. Zool. 32: 131-175]]