Rhytidoponera chalybaea

Distribution
This taxon was described from Australia.

Nomenclature

 *  chalybaea. Rhytidoponera impressa var. chalybaea Emery, 1901a: 51 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1971b: 1201 (l.); Imai, Crozier & Taylor, 1977: 347 (k.). Combination in R. (Chalcoponera): Emery, 1911d: 39. Raised to species and senior synonym of cyrus: Brown, 1954g: 4. See also: Ward, 1980: 478.
 * cyrus. Ectatomma (Rhytidoponera) cyrus Forel, 1910b: 13 (w.q.) AUSTRALIA. Combination in Rhytidoponera (Chalcoponera): Emery, 1911d: 39. Junior synonym of chalybaea: Brown, 1954g: 4.

Additional References

 * [[Media:Brown 1954g.pdf|Brown, W. L., Jr. 1954g. Systematic and other notes on some of the smaller species of the ant genus Rhytidoponera Mayr. Breviora 33: 1-11 PDF]]