Rhytidoponera convexa

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia.

Nomenclature

 * . Ectatomma convexum Mayr, 1876: 92 (w.m.) AUSTRALIA (Queensland).
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated), 1 syntype male.
 * Type-localities: Australia: Queensland, Rockhampton, Gayndah, and Peak Downs.
 * Type-depository: NHMW.
 * Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1952a: 127 (l.).
 * Combination in E. (Rhytidoponera): Emery, in Dalla Torre, 1893: 24;
 * combination in Rhytidoponera: Emery, 1897d: 548.
 * Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 24; Emery, 1911d: 37; Forel, 1915b: 11; Clark, 1928b: 169; Clark, 1936: 84 (redescription); Brown, 1958g: 203, 266, 272; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 42; Taylor, 1987a: 68; Bolton, 1995b: 378.
 * Senior synonym of nigra: Brown, 1958g: 272; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 42; Taylor, 1987a: 68; Bolton, 1995b: 379.
 * Material of the unavailable name subumbrata referred here by Clark, 1936: 84.
 * Distribution: Australia.
 * nigra. Rhytidoponera nigra Clark, 1936: 81, pl. 6, fig. 59 (w.) AUSTRALIA (South Australia).
 * Type-material: 4 syntype workers.
 * Type-locality: Australia: South Australia, Mt Serle (Hale & Tindale), Owieandana (Hale & Tindale).
 * Type-depositories: MVMA, SAMA.
 * Junior synonym of convexa: Brown, 1958g: 272; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 42; Taylor, 1987a: 68; Bolton, 1995b: 380.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Clark J. 1936. A revision of Australian species of Rhytidoponera Mayr (Formicidae). Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 9: 14-89
 * Crawley W. C. 1922. New ants from Australia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)9: 427-448.
 * Debuse V. J., J. King, and A. P. N. Hous. 2007. Effect of fragmentation, habitat loss and within-patch habitat characteristics on ant assemblages in semi-arid woodlands of eastern Australia. Lanscape Ecology 22: 731-745.
 * Forel A. 1915. Results of Dr. E. Mjöbergs Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910-13. 2. Ameisen. Ark. Zool. 9(16): 1-119