Species Rhytidoponera aspera (Roger, 1860)
- Ponera metallica aspera Roger, J. 1860. Die Ponera-Artigen Ameisen. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 4: 278-312 [308].
Type data:
Holotype *worker (probable), Australia (as New Holland). - Rhytidoponera (Chalcoponera) arnoldi Forel, A. 1915. Results of Dr. E. Mjöbergs Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910–1913. 2. Ameisen. Arkiv för Zoologi 9(no.16): 1-119, pls 1-3 [Date published 4 Dec. 1915] [14].
Type data:
Syntype(s) GMNH worker, Healesville, Victoria, Australia
Comment: other syntypes may exist.
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 [9]
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Victoria
IBRA
ACT, NSW, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)
Ecological Descriptors
Closed forest, noctidiurnal, open forest, predator, terrestrial.
Extra Ecological Information
Nest in ground layer.
History of changes
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