Species Rhytidoponera violacea (Forel, 1907)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ectatomma (Rhytidoponera) convexum violaceum Forel, A. 1907. Formicidae. pp. 263–310 in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (eds) Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : G. Fischer Vol. 1. [269].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) GMNH worker, Northampton, Eradu, Wooroloo, Lion Mill, Mundaring Weir, South Perth, Subiaco, Jarrahdale and York, Western Australia, Australia; ANIC worker, Northampton, Eradu, Wooroloo, Lion Mill, Mundaring Weir, South Perth, Subiaco, Jarrahdale and York, Western Australia, Australia.
• Ectatomma (Rhytidoponera) convexum gemma Forel, A. 1907. Formicidae. pp. 263–310 in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (eds) Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : G. Fischer Vol. 1. [269].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) GMNH W, Yarloop, Gooseberry Hill and York, WA; ANIC W, Yarloop, Gooseberry Hill and York, WA.
• Rhytidoponera convexa opacior 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 [86] [introduced as a quadranomen by Crawley, 1925].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) OUM worker, Jigalong, Western Australia, 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 [87]
• 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 [205]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, South Australia, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, SA, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Pilbara (PIL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Noctidiurnal, open forest, predator, terrestrial, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Nest in soil.

History of changes