Rhytidoponera tasmaniensis

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia.

Castes
A colony was sampled near Bateman's Bay, NSW. Seven workers dissected had 4-7 ovarioles, including one gamergate (C. Peeters, unpublished)

Nomenclature

 * . Rhytidoponera metallica var. tasmaniensis Emery, 1898b: 232 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Tasmania).
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated, “several”).
 * Type-locality: Australia: Tasmania (C. Bicknell).
 * Type-depositories: ANIC, MSNG.
 * Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1964b: 449 (l.); Crozier, 1969: 241 (k.).
 * Subspecies of metallica: Emery, 1911d: 39; Emery, 1912a: 79; Clark, 1934c: 58.
 * Status as species: Brown, 1958g: 205; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 48; Taylor, 1987a: 71; Bolton, 1995b: 381.
 * Senior synonym of cristulatum: Brown, 1958g: 205, 277; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 48; Taylor, 1987a: 71; Bolton, 1995b: 381.
 * Distribution: Australia.
 * cristulatum. Ectatomma (Rhytidoponera) metallicum var. cristulatum Forel, 1900b: 59 (w.) AUSTRALIA (no state data).
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: Australia: (no further data) (Froggatt).
 * Type-depositories: ANIC, MHNG.
 * Forel, 1907a: 2 (m.); Crawley, 1918: 88 (m.).
 * Combination in Rhytidoponera (Chalcoponera): Emery, 1911d: 39.
 * Subspecies of metallica: Forel, 1907a: 1; Emery, 1911d: 39; Emery, 1912a: 79; Emery, 1914b: 180; Crawley, 1918: 88.
 * Junior synonym of tasmaniensis: Brown, 1958g: 205, 277; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 48; Taylor, 1987a: 71; Bolton, 1995b: 379.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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 * Andersen A.N., and M.E. McKaige. 1987. Ant communities at Rotamah Island, Victoria, with particular references to disturbance and Rhytidoponera tasmaniensis. Proc. R. Soc. Vict 99(4):141-146.
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 * CSIRO Collection
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 * 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.
 * Taylor R. W., and D. R. Brown. 1985. Formicoidea. Zoological Catalogue of Australia 2: 1-149.