Rhytidoponera numeensis

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: New Caledonia.

Nomenclature

 * . Ectatomma (Rhytidoponera) numeensis André, 1889: 221 (w.) NEW CALEDONIA.
 * Type-material: lectotype worker (by designation of Ward, 1984: 149), 1 paralectotype worker.
 * Type-locality: lectotype New Caledonia: Nouméa (no collector’s name); paralectotype with same data.
 * Type-depository: MNHN.
 * Emery, 1914f: 395 (m.).
 * Combination in Rhytidoponera (Chalcoponera): Emery, 1911d: 39;
 * combination in Chalcoponera: Wheeler, W.M. 1935g: 10.
 * Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 25; Emery, 1911d: 39; Emery, 1912a: 77 (in key); Emery, 1914f: 395; Wheeler, W.M. 1935g: 10; Brown, 1958g: 204, 291; Ward, 1984: 149 (redescription); Taylor, 1987a: 72; Bolton, 1995b: 380.
 * Senior synonym of acupuncta: Brown, 1958g: 204, 291; Ward, 1984: 149; Taylor, 1987a: 72; Bolton, 1995b: 380.
 * Distribution: New Caledonia.
 * acupuncta. Rhytidoponera (Chalcoponera) acupuncta Emery, 1914f: 396 (w.m.) NEW CALEDONIA.
 * Type-material: syntype workers, syntype males (numbers not stated).
 * Type-locality: New Caledonia: Yaté, 24.iii.1912 (F. Sarasin & J. Roux).
 * Type-depositories: MHNG, MSNG, NHMB.
 * Combination in Chalcoponera: Wheeler, W.M. 1935g: 10.
 * Status as species: Wheeler, W.M. 1935g: 10.
 * Junior synonym of numeensis: Brown, 1958g: 204, 291; Ward, 1984: 149; Taylor, 1987a: 72; Bolton, 1995b: 378.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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 * Ward P. S. 1985. Taxonomic congruence and disparity in an insular ant fauna: Rhytidoponera in New Caledonia. Systematic Zoology 34: 140-151.
 * Wheeler W.M. 1935. Check list of the ants of Oceania. Occasional Papers of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum 11(11):1-56.
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 * Wheeler, William Morton. 1927. The Ants of Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 62(4): 121-153
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