Rhytidoponera clarki

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia.

Nomenclature

 * obscurum. Ectatomma (Rhytidoponera) metallicum var. obscurum Forel, 1900b: 60 (w.q.m.) AUSTRALIA. [Unresolved junior primary homonym of Ectatomma obscurum Emery, 1896g: 48 (now in Gnamptogenys).] Combination in Rhytidoponera (Chalcoponera): Emery, 1911d: 39. Raised to species: Emery, 1911d: 39; Emery, 1912a: 79. Senior synonym of clarki (hence the latter is first available name for this taxon): Brown, 1958g: 203.
 * hilli. Chalcoponera hilli Clark, 1941: 85, pl. 13, fig. 15 (w.) AUSTRALIA. [Junior secondary homonym of hilli Crawley, above.] Replacement name: clarki: Donisthorpe, 1943e: 115.
 *  clarki. Rhytidoponera (Chalcoponera) clarki Donisthorpe, 1943e: 115. Replacement name for Chalcoponera hilli Clark, 1941: 85. [Junior secondary homonym of Rhytidoponera hilli Crawley, 1915a: 131.] Junior synonym of obscurum Forel, 1900b: 60 (itself a junior homonym) and hence first available name for this taxon: Brown, 1958g: 203.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * CSIRO Collection
 * Taylor R. W., and D. R. Brown. 1985. Formicoidea. Zoological Catalogue of Australia 2: 1-149.