Rhytidoponera laciniosa

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

Nomenclature

 * . Rhytidoponera laciniosa Viehmeyer, 1912: 5, fig. 3 (w.) NEW GUINEA (Papua New Guinea).
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: Papua New Guinea (“Deutsch Neuguinea”): Torricelli Mts (640 m.), 17-18.ix.1909 (O. Schlaginhaufen).
 * Type-depositories: MNHU, NHMB, SMTD.
 * Status as species: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 27; Brown, 1958g: 203; Wilson, 1958d: 311; Bolton, 1995b: 379.
 * Senior synonym of petiolata Viehmeyer: Wilson, 1958d: 311; Wilson, in Brown, 1958g: 203; Bolton, 1995b: 379.
 * Distribution: Papua New Guinea.
 * petiolata. Rhytidoponera laciniosa subsp. petiolata Viehmeyer, 1912: 5, fig. 4 (w.) NEW GUINEA (Papua New Guinea).
 * Type-material: holotype worker.
 * Type-locality: Papua New Guinea (“Deutsch Neuguinea”): Torricelli Mts (640 m.), 17-18.ix.1909 (O. Schlaginhaufen).
 * Type-depository: MNHU? (possibly SMTD).
 * Subspecies of laciniosa: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 27.
 * Junior synonym of laciniosa: Wilson, 1958d: 311; Wilson, in Brown, 1958g: 203; Bolton, 1995b: 380.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Brown W. L., Jr. 1958. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. II. Tribe Ectatommini (Hymenoptera). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 118: 173-362.
 * CSIRO Collection
 * Chapman, J. W., and Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monogr. Inst. Sci. Technol. Manila 1: 1-327
 * Chapman, J.W. and S.R. Capco. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monographs of the Institute of Science and Technology (Manila) 1: 1- 327
 * 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.
 * Viehmeyer H. 1912. Ameisen aus Deutsch Neuguinea gesammelt von Dr. O. Schlaginhaufen. Nebst einem Verzeichnisse der papuanischen Arten. Abhandlungen und Berichte des Königlichen Zoologischen und Anthropologische-Ethnographischen Museums zu Dresden 14: 1-26.
 * Wilson E. O. 1958. Studies on the ant fauna of Melanesia III. Rhytidoponera in western Melanesia and the Moluccas. IV. The tribe Ponerini. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 119: 303-371.
 * Wilson E.O. 1959. Adaptive shift and dispersal in a tropical ant fauna. Evolution 13(1): 122-144.
 * Wilson Edward O. 1959. Adaptive Shift and Dispersal in a Tropical Ant Fauna. Evolution 13(1): 122-144