Species Rhytidoponera aciculata (Smith, 1858)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ectatomma aciculata Smith, F. 1858. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part 6. Formicidae. London : British Museum 216 pp. 14 pls. [27 Mar. 1858] [104].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH worker, Hunter River, New South Wales, Australia.
• Ectatomma (Rhytidoponera) cristatum caro Forel, A. 1910. Formicides australiens reçus de M. M. Froggatt et Rowland Turner. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 18: 1-94 [11].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) GMNH worker, New South Wales, Australia; ANIC worker, New South Wales, Australia.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Clark, J. 1936. A revision of Australian species of Rhytidoponera Mayr (Formicidae). Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 9: 14-89 pls 3-6 [5]

Distribution

States

New South Wales

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB)

Ecological Descriptors

Closed forest, noctidiurnal, omnivore, open forest, terrestrial, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Nest in soil.

History of changes