Rhytidoponera punctata

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia.

Nomenclature

 *  punctata. Ectatomma punctata Smith, F. 1858b: 104 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Clark, 1938: 363 (m.). Combination in E. (Rhytidoponera): Dalla Torre, 1893: 25; in Rhytidoponera: Emery, 1911d: 38. See also: Brown, 1958g: 270.

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.
 * 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.