Rhytidoponera aurata

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

Nomenclature

 * . Ponera (Ectatomma) aurata Roger, 1861b: 169 (w.) AUSTRALIA (no state data) (attributed to Le Guillou).
 * Type-material: holotype worker.
 * Type-locality: Australia: (no further data).
 * Type-depository: MNHN.
 * Clark, 1936: 28 (m.).
 * Combination in Ectatomma: Mayr, 1863: 409; Roger, 1863b: 17;
 * combination in E. (Rhytidoponera): Emery, in Dalla Torre, 1893: 23;
 * combination in Rhytidoponera: Emery, 1911d: 37.
 * Status as species: Mayr, 1863: 409; Roger, 1863b: 17; Mayr, 1876: 90 (in key); Emery, 1887b: 444; Dalla Torre, 1893: 23; Forel, 1910b: 10; Emery, 1911d: 37; Forel, 1915b: 14; Clark, 1936: 27 (redescription); Brown, 1958g: 202; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 41; Taylor, 1987a: 67; Bolton, 1995b: 378.
 * Senior synonym of flava: Clark, 1936: 28; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 41; Taylor, 1987a: 67; Bolton, 1995b: 378.
 * Distribution: Australia.
 * flava. Rhytidoponera (Rhytidoponera) flava Crawley, 1915b: 232 (m.) AUSTRALIA (Northern Territory).
 * Type-material: 3 syntype workers.
 * Type-locality: Australia: Northern Territory, Darwin, 1.vi.1913 (G.F. Hill).
 * Type-depository: BMNH.
 * Junior synonym of aurata: Clark, 1936: 28; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 41; Taylor, 1987a: 67; Bolton, 1995b: 379.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Andersen A. N., C. L. Parr, L. M. Lowe, and W. J. Muller. 2007. Contrasting fire-related resilience of ecologically dominant ants in tropical savannas of northern Australia. Diversity and Distributions 13: 438-446.
 * Andersen A. N., J. C. Z. Woinarski, and B. Hoffman. 2004. Biogeography of the ant fauna of the Tiwi Islands, in northern Australia's moonsoonal tropics. Australian Journal of Zoology 52: 97-110.
 * Andersen A. N., M. Houadria, M. Berman, and M. van der Geest. Rainforest ants of the Tiwi Islands: a remarkable centr of endemism in Australia's monsoonal tropics. Insectes Sociaux 59: 433-441.
 * Andersen A. N., and A. D. Patel. 1994. Meat ants as dominant members of Australian ant communities: an experimental test of their influence on the foraging success and forager abundance of other species. Oecologia 98: 15-24.
 * Andersen, Alan N., John C.Z. Woinarski and Ben D. Hoffman. 2004. Biogeography of the ant fauna of the Tiwi Islands, in northern Australia's monsoonal tropics. Australian Journal of Zoology 52: 97-110.
 * CSIRO Collection
 * Janda M., G. D. Alpert, M. L. Borowiec, E. P. Economo, P. Klimes, E. Sarnat, and S. O. Shattuck. 2011. Cheklist of ants described and recorded from New Guinea and associated islands. Available on http://www.newguineants.org/. Accessed on 24th Feb. 2011.
 * Woinarski J.C.Z., H. Reichel, and A.N. Andersen. 1998. The distribution of ants on the Wessel and English Company islands, in the seasonal tropics of Australia's Northern Territory. Australian Journal of Zoology 46: 557-578.