Species Rhytidoponera rufiventris Forel, 1915

Museums

Regional Maps

• Rhytidoponera convexa rufiventris 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] [11].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) GMNH worker, male, Herberton, Atherton, Evelyne, Malanda and Cedar Creek, Queensland, Australia; ANIC worker, Herberton, Atherton, Evelyne, Malanda and Cedar Creek, Queensland, Australia
  Comment: other syntypes may exist.
• Rhytidoponera castanea Crawley, W.C. 1925. New ants from Australia. II. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 16: 577-598 [589].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) OUM worker, Derby, 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 [83]

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Noctidiurnal, open forest, predator, terrestrial, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Nest in ground layer.

History of changes