Rhytidoponera purpurea

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia. Indo-Australian Region: Indonesia, Papua New Guinea.

Nomenclature

 *  purpurea. Ectatomma impressum var. purpureum Emery, 1887b: 444 (w.q.) NEW GUINEA. Imai, Crozier & Taylor, 1977: 347 (k.). Combination in Rhytidoponera (Chalcoponera): Emery, 1897d: 549. Raised to species and senior synonym of splendidum: Brown, 1954g: 7.
 * splendidum. Ectatomma (Rhytidoponera) impressum var. splendidum Forel, 1910b: 12 (w.) AUSTRALIA. [Unresolved junior primary homonym of Ectatomma rimulosum var. splendidum Pergande, 1896: 871.] Combination in Rhytidoponera (Chalcoponera): Emery, 1911d: 39. Junior synonym of purpurea: Brown, 1954g: 7.