Rhytidoponera nexa

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: New Guinea.

Nomenclature

 * . Rhytidoponera strigosa var. nexa Stitz, 1912: 500, fig. 4 (w.) NEW GUINEA (no state data).
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated, “a few”).
 * Type-locality: New Guinea: (no further data) (Lauterbach).
 * Type-depository: MNHU.
 * Subspecies of strigosa: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 29.
 * Status as species: Brown, 1958g: 204; Wilson, 1958d: 312; Bolton, 1995b: 380.
 * Senior synonym of gagates: Wilson, 1958d: 312; Wilson, in Brown, 1958g: 204; Bolton, 1995b: 380.
 * Senior synonym of major: Wilson, 1958d: 312; Wilson, in Brown, 1958g: 204; Bolton, 1995b: 380.
 * Senior synonym of waigeuensis: Wilson, 1958d: 312; Wilson, in Brown, 1958g: 204; Bolton, 1995b: 380.
 * Distribution: Indonesia (Irian Jaya), Papua New Guinea (+ New Britain).
 * gagates. Rhytidoponera (Rhytidoponera) gagates Donisthorpe, 1941h: 51 (w.) NEW GUINEA (Indonesia: Yapen I.).
 * Type-material: 2 syntype workers.
 * Type-locality: Indonesia: Irian Jaya (“Dutch New Guinea”), Japen I. (= Yapen I.), Mt Baduri, 1000 ft, viii.1938 (L.E. Cheesman).
 * Type-depository: BMNH.
 * Status as species: Donisthorpe, 1948b: 299; Donisthorpe, 1948g: 132; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 27.
 * Junior synonym of nexa: Wilson, 1958d: 312; Wilson, in Brown, 1958g: 204; Bolton, 1995b: 379.
 * major. Rhytidoponera strigosa var. major Stitz, 1912: 501 (w.) NEW GUINEA (no state data).
 * Type-material: holotype worker.
 * Type-locality: New Guinea: (no further data), Kaiserin-Augustafluss-Expd. (Bürgers).
 * Type-depository: MNHU.
 * Subspecies of strigosa: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 29.
 * Junior synonym of nexa: Wilson, 1958d: 312; Wilson, in Brown, 1958g: 204; Bolton, 1995b: 379.
 * waigeuensis. Rhytidoponera (Rhytidoponera) gagates subsp. waigeuensis Donisthorpe, 1942e: 703 (w.) NEW GUINEA (Indonesia: Waigeu I.).
 * Type-material: 19 syntype workers.
 * Type-locality: Indonesia: Irian Jaya (“Dutch New Guinea”), Waigeu I., Camp Nok, 2500 ft, iii.1938 (Tube 15), iv.1938, and v.1938 (Tube 48) (L.E. Cheesman).
 * Type-depository: BMNH.
 * Donisthorpe, 1943d: 435 (m.).
 * Subspecies of gagates: Donisthorpe, 1943d: 435; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 27.
 * Junior synonym of nexa: Wilson, 1958d: 312; Wilson, in Brown, 1958g: 204; Bolton, 1995b: 381.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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