Rhytidoponera aspera

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia.

Nomenclature

 * . Ponera metallica var. aspera Roger, 1860: 308 (w.) AUSTRALIA (no state data).
 * Type-material: holotype worker.
 * Type-locality: Australia (“New Holland”): (no further data).
 * Type-depository: MNHU.
 * Crawley, 1922b: 435 (q.m.); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1964b: 448 (l.).
 * Combination in Ectatomma: Mayr, 1863: 410;
 * combination in Rhytidoponera (Chalcoponera): Emery, 1911d: 39;
 * combination in Chalcoponera: Clark, 1929: 121;
 * combination in Rhytidoponera: Brown, 1954g: 9.
 * Junior synonym of metallica: Mayr, 1863: 410.
 * Subspecies of metallica: Dalla Torre, 1893: 25.
 * Status as species: Emery, 1911d: 39; Emery, 1912a: 77 (in key); Crawley, 1922b: 435; Viehmeyer, 1924a: 226; Clark, 1929: 121; Brown, 1954g: 9; Brown, 1958g: 202; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 40; Taylor, 1987a: 67; Bolton, 1995b: 378.
 * Senior synonym of arnoldi: Brown, 1954g: 9; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 40; Taylor, 1987a: 67; Bolton, 1995b: 378.
 * Distribution: Australia.
 * arnoldi. Rhytidoponera (Chalcoponera) arnoldi Forel, 1915b: 14 (footnote) (w.) AUSTRALIA (Victoria).
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: Australia: Victoria, Healesville (H.A. Arnold).
 * Type-depositories: MHNG, NHMB.
 * Junior synonym of aspera: Brown, 1954g: 9; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 40; Taylor, 1987a: 67; Bolton, 1995b: 378.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Clark J. 1929. Results of a collecting trip to the Cann River, East Gippsland. Victorian Naturalist (Melbourne) 46: 115-123.
 * Sinclair J. E., and T. R. New. 2004. Pine plantations in south eastern Australia support highly impoverished ant assemblages (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Insect Conservation 8: 277-286.
 * Taylor R. W., and D. R. Brown. 1985. Formicoidea. Zoological Catalogue of Australia 2: 1-149.