Species Rhytidoponera convexa (Mayr, 1876)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ectatomma convexum Mayr, G.L. 1876. Die australischen Formiciden. Journal des Museum Godeffroy, Hamburg 5: 56-115 [92].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) NHMW worker, male, Rockhampton, Gayndah and Peak Downs, Queensland, Australia.
• Rhytidoponera nigra 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 [81].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) SAMA worker, Mt. Serle and Owieandana, South Australia, Australia.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Brown, W.L. jr 1958. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. II. Tribe Ectatommini (Hymenoptera). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 118: 173-362 [272]

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Noctidiurnal, open forest, predator, terrestrial, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Nest in soil.

History of changes