Checklist of Rhytidoponera species

The following species and subspecies belong to the genus Rhytidoponera. Synonyms are listed under their senior names.

A
abdominalis Viehmeyer, 1912 (New Guinea)

acanthoponeroides Viehmeyer, 1924 (New Caledonia)

aciculata (Smith, F., 1858) (Australia)

• Ectatomma cristatum caro Forel, 1910

aenescens Emery, 1900 (New Guinea)

anceps Emery, 1898 (Australia)

aquila Ward, 1984 (New Caledonia)

araneoides (Le Guillou, 1842) (Australia)

• Ectatomma froggatti Forel, 1910

• Ectatomma rugosa Smith, F., 1859

• Rhytidoponera araneoides arcuata Stitz, 1911

• Rhytidoponera araneoides ceramensis Viehmeyer, 1914

• Rhytidoponera araneoides impressinodis Stitz, 1912

arborea Ward, 1984 (New Caledonia)

aspera (Roger, 1860) (Australia)

• Rhytidoponera arnoldi Forel, 1915

atropurpurea Emery, 1914 (New Caledonia)

aurata (Roger, 1861) (Australia)

• Rhytidoponera flava Crawley, 1915

B
barnardi Clark, 1936 (Australia)

barretti Clark, 1941 (Australia)

borealis Crawley, 1918 (Australia)

• Chalcoponera brunnea Clark, 1941

C
carinata Clark, 1936 (Australia)

celtinodis Wilson, 1958 (Indonesia)

cerastes Crawley, 1925 (Australia)

chalybaea Emery, 1901 (Australia)

• Ectatomma cyrus Forel, 1910

chnoopyx Brown, 1958 (Australia)

clarki Donisthorpe, 1943 (Australia)

• Chalcoponera hilli Clark, 1941

• Ectatomma metallicum obscurum Forel, 1900

confusa Ward, 1980 (Australia)

convexa (Mayr, 1876) (Australia)

• Rhytidoponera nigra Clark, 1936

cornuta (Emery, 1895) (Australia)

crassinoda (Forel, 1907) (Australia)

cristata (Mayr, 1876) (Australia)

croesus Emery, 1901 (Australia)

• Chalcoponera victoriae andrei Wheeler, W.M. & Chapman, 1925

• Rhytidoponera fastuosa Santschi, 1916

D
depilis Ward, 1984 (New Caledonia)

dubia Crawley, 1915 (Australia)

E
enigmatica Ward, 1980 (Australia)

eremita Clark, 1936 (Australia)

F
ferruginea Clark, 1936 (Australia)

flavicornis Clark, 1936 (Australia)

flavipes (Clark, 1941) (Australia)

flindersi Clark, 1936 (Australia)

foreli Crawley, 1918 (Australia)

foveolata Crawley, 1925 (Australia)

fulgens (Emery, 1883) (New Caledonia)

• Rhytidoponera fulgens socrula Emery, 1914

fuliginosa Clark, 1936 (Australia)

G
greavesi Clark, 1941 (Australia)

gregoryi Clark, 1936 (Australia)

H
haeckeli (Forel, 1910) (Australia)

hanieli Forel, 1913 (Indonesia (Timor Island))

hilli Crawley, 1915 (Australia)

I
impressa (Mayr, 1876) (Australia)

incisa Crawley, 1915 (Australia)

inops Emery, 1900 (New Guinea)

• Rhytidoponera striata Donisthorpe, 1949

inornata Crawley, 1922 (Australia)

• Chalcoponera metallica carbonaria Wheeler, W.M., 1934

insularis Ward, 1984 (New Caledonia)

K
koumensis Ward, 1984 (New Caledonia)

kurandensis Brown, 1958 (Australia)

L
laciniosa Viehmeyer, 1912 (New Guinea)

• Rhytidoponera laciniosa petiolata Viehmeyer, 1912

lamellinodis Santschi, 1919 (Australia)

laticeps Forel, 1915 (Australia)

levior Crawley, 1925 (Australia)

• Rhytidoponera douglasi Brown, 1952

litoralis Ward, 1984 (New Caledonia)

luteipes Ward, 1984 (New Caledonia)

M
maledicta Forel, 1915 (Australia)

maniae (Forel, 1900) (Australia)

• Ectatomma convexum spatiatum Forel, 1900

mayri (Emery, 1883) (Australia)

• Ectatomma mayri glabrius Forel, 1907

• Rhytidoponera dixoni Clark, 1936

• Rhytidoponera occidentalis Clark, 1936

• Rhytidoponera petiolata Clark, 1936

• Rhytidoponera quadriceps Clark, 1936

• Rhytidoponera stridulator Clark, 1936

metallica (Smith, F., 1858) (Australia)

• Chalcoponera pulchra Clark, 1941

• Rhytidoponera caeciliae Viehmeyer, 1924

• Rhytidoponera metallica purpurascens Wheeler, W.M., 1915

• Rhytidoponera metallica varians Crawley, 1922

micans Clark, 1936 (Australia)

mimica Ward, 1984 (New Caledonia)

mirabilis Clark, 1936 (Australia)

N
nexa Stitz, 1912 (New Guinea)

• Rhytidoponera gagates Donisthorpe, 1941

• Rhytidoponera gagates waigeuensis Donisthorpe, 1942

• Rhytidoponera strigosa major Stitz, 1912

nitida Clark, 1936 (Australia)

nitidiventris Ward, 1984 (New Caledonia)

nodifera (Emery, 1895) (Australia)

• Ectatomma rothneyi Forel, 1900

• Rhytidoponera pronotalis Crawley, 1925

• Rhytidoponera rothneyi mediana Viehmeyer, 1924

nudata (Mayr, 1876) (Australia)

numeensis (André, 1889) (New Caledonia)

• Rhytidoponera acupuncta Emery, 1914

O
opaciventris Ward, 1984 (New Caledonia)

P
peninsularis Brown, 1958 (Australia)

pilosula Clark, 1936 (Australia)

pulchella (Emery, 1883) (New Caledonia)

punctata (Smith, F., 1858) (Australia)

punctigera Crawley, 1925 (Australia)

punctiventris (Forel, 1900) (Australia)

purpurea (Emery, 1887) (Australia)

• Ectatomma impressum splendidum Forel, 1910

R
reflexa Clark, 1936 (Australia)

reticulata (Forel, 1893) (Australia)

rotundiceps Viehmeyer, 1914 (New Guinea)

rufescens (Forel, 1900) (Australia)

rufithorax Clark, 1941 (Australia)

rufiventris Forel, 1915 (Australia)

• Rhytidoponera castanea Crawley, 1925

rufonigra Clark, 1936 (Australia)

S
scaberrima (Emery, 1895) (Australia)

• Rhytidoponera laciniosa malandensis Forel, 1915

scabra (Mayr, 1876) (Australia)

scabrior Crawley, 1925 (Australia)

socra (Forel, 1894) (Australia)

spoliata (Emery, 1895) (Australia)

strigosa (Emery, 1887) (New Guinea)

• Rhytidoponera nitens Donisthorpe, 1949

• Rhytidoponera schlaginhaufeni Viehmeyer, 1912

• Rhytidoponera strigosa curvata Stitz, 1912

• Rhytidoponera subcyanea intricata Emery, 1911

subcyanea Emery, 1897 (New Guinea)

• Rhytidoponera subcyanea aruana Karavaiev, 1925

• Rhytidoponera subcyanea transversiruga Emery, 1911

• Rhytidoponera wallacei Donisthorpe, 1932

T
tasmaniensis Emery, 1898 (Australia)

• Ectatomma metallicum cristulatum Forel, 1900

taurus (Forel, 1910) (Australia)

• Rhytidoponera cerastes brevior Crawley, 1925

• Rhytidoponera cornuta fusciventris Stitz, 1911

tenuis (Forel, 1900) (Australia)

terrestris Ward, 1984 (New Caledonia)

trachypyx Brown, 1958 (Australia)

turneri (Forel, 1910) (Australia)

tyloxys Brown & Douglas, 1958 (Australia)

V
versicolor Brown, 1958 (New Caledonia)

victoriae (André, 1896) (Australia)

• Ectatomma metallicum modestum Emery, 1895

• Ectatomma metallicum scrobiculatum Forel, 1900

• Rhytidoponera victoriae cedarensis Forel, 1915

violacea (Forel, 1907) (Australia)

• Ectatomma convexum gemma Forel, 1907

• Rhytidoponera convexa opacior Clark, 1936

viridis (Clark, 1941) (Australia)

W
wilsoni Brown, 1958 (New Caledonia)

Y
yorkensis Forel, 1915 (Australia)

K
kirghizorum Dlussky, 1981 (Russia (Miocene))