Rhytidoponera Mayr, 1862

Camacho, G P, Franco, W, Branstetter, M G, Pie, M R, Longino, J T, Schultz, T R & Feitosa, R M, 2022, UCE Phylogenomics Resolves Major Relationships Among Ectaheteromorph Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ectatomminae, Heteroponerinae): A New Classification For the Subfamilies and the Description of a New Genus, Insect Systematics and Diversity 6 (1), pp. 6-6 : 12

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https://doi.org/ 10.1093/isd/ixab026

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5907439

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scientific name

Rhytidoponera Mayr
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Rhytidoponera Mayr View in CoL

= Chalcoponera Emery

Type Species: Rhytidoponera araneoides (Le Guillou) View in CoL

Diagnosis (Females): Occipital lobe frequently present. Antennal club absent. Palp formula 2,2 to 3,2. Pronotum unarmed. Mesonotum not prominent, forming a continuous line with the propodeum, separated by a transverse suture. Promesonotal suture well marked, totally interrupting dorsal mesosomal sculpture. Propodeal spiracle oval or rounded, separated from the declivous face of propodeum by a distance longer than its diameter. Apex of protibia with a stout seta close to the strigil base; dorsum of posterior coxa without projections.

Species: abdominalis, acanthoponeroides, aciculata, aenescens, anceps, aquila, araneoides, arborea, aspera, atropurpurea, aurata, barnardi, barretti, borealis, carinata, celtinodis, cerastes, chalybaea, chnoopyx, clarki, confusa, convexa, cornuta, crassinodis, cristata, croesus, depilis, dubia, enigmatica, eremita, ferruginea, flavicornis, flavipes, flindersi, foreli, foveolata, fulgens, fuliginosa, † gibsoni, greavesi, gregoryi, haeckeli, hanieli, hilli, impressa, incisa, inops, inornata, insularis, † kirghizorum, koumensis, kurandensis, laciniosa, lamellinodis, laticeps, levior, litoralis, luteipes, maledicta, maniae, mayri, metallica, micans, mimica, mirabilis, nexa, nitida, nitidiventris, nodifera, nudata, numeensis, opaciventris, peninsularis, pilosula, pulchella, punctata, punctigera, punctiventris, purpurea, reflexa, reticulata, rotundiceps, rufescens, rufithorax, rufiventris, rufonigra, scaberrima, scabra, scabrior, socrus, spoliata, strigosa, subcyanea, tasmaniensis, taurus, tenuis, terrestris, trachypyx, turneri, tyloxys, versicolor, victoriae, violacea, viridis, † waipiata, wilsoni, and yorkensis.

Distribution: Exclusively Australasian.

Notes: This speciose ectatommine genus could be considered an ecological equivalent of Ectatomma in the Australian region. The most recent taxonomic tools for the identification of Rhytidoponera species include the papers by Ward (1980, 1984) and Heterick (2009).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

SubFamily

Ectatomminae

Tribe

Ectatommini

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