Species Rhytidoponera purpurea (Emery, 1887)
- Ectatomma impressum purpureum Emery, C. 1887. Cataloge delle Formiche esistenti nelle collezioni del Museo Civico di Genova, Parte terza. Formiche della regione Indo-Malese e dell'Australia. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genova 2 5: 427-473 pls 1-2 [444].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MCG worker, queen, Hatam, New Guinea. - Ectatomma (Rhytidoponera) impressum splendidum Forel, A. 1910. Formicides australiens reçus de M. M. Froggatt et Rowland Turner. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 18: 1-94 [12].
Type data:
Syntype(s) GMNH worker, Kuranda, Cairns, Queensland, Australia.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Brown, W.L. jr 1954. Systematic and other notes on some of the smaller species of the ant genus Rhytidoponera Mayr. Breviora. Museum of Comparative Zoology 33: 1-11 [7]
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Also on New Guinea.
IBRA
Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Closed forest, noctidiurnal, predator, terrestrial.
Extra Ecological Information
Nest in ground layer.
General References
Ward, P.S. 1980. Genetic variation and population differentiation in the Rhytidoponera impressa group, a species complex of ponerine ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Evolution 34: 1060-1076 (genetic variation)
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
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| 07-Aug-2012 | 21-Feb-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 07-Aug-2012 | 29-May-2010 | ADDED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |