Rhytidoponera is a large genus of ants in the subfamily Ectatomminae.[2] The genus is known from Australia and Melanesia, with New Caledonia as the most eastern limit.[3]
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Rhytidoponera croesus worker | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Ectatomminae |
Tribe: | Ectatommini |
Genus: | Rhytidoponera Mayr, 1862 |
Type species | |
Ponera araneoides | |
Diversity[1] | |
106 species | |
Synonyms | |
Chalcoponera Emery, 1897 |
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Some Rhytidoponera species have both winged alate queens and gamergates.[4] All known queenless species of Rhytidoponera are polygynous.[5]
Species
edit- Rhytidoponera abdominalis Viehmeyer, 1912
- Rhytidoponera acanthoponeroides Viehmeyer, 1924
- Rhytidoponera aciculata (Smith, 1858)
- Rhytidoponera aenescens Emery, 1900
- Rhytidoponera anceps Emery, 1898
- Rhytidoponera aquila Ward, 1984
- Rhytidoponera araneoides (Le Guillou, 1842)
- Rhytidoponera arborea Ward, 1984
- Rhytidoponera aspera (Roger, 1860)
- Rhytidoponera atropurpurea Emery, 1914
- Rhytidoponera aurata (Roger, 1861)
- Rhytidoponera barnardi Clark, 1936
- Rhytidoponera barretti Clark, 1941
- Rhytidoponera borealis Crawley, 1918
- Rhytidoponera carinata Clark, 1936
- Rhytidoponera celtinodis Wilson, 1958
- Rhytidoponera cerastes Crawley, 1925
- Rhytidoponera chalybaea Emery, 1901
- Rhytidoponera chnoopyx Brown, 1958
- Rhytidoponera clarki Donisthorpe, 1943
- Rhytidoponera confusa Ward, 1980
- Rhytidoponera convexa (Mayr, 1876)
- Rhytidoponera cornuta (Emery, 1895)
- Rhytidoponera crassinoda (Forel, 1907)
- Rhytidoponera cristata (Mayr, 1876)
- Rhytidoponera croesus Emery, 1901
- Rhytidoponera depilis Ward, 1984
- Rhytidoponera dubia Crawley, 1915
- Rhytidoponera enigmatica Ward, 1980
- Rhytidoponera eremita Clark, 1936
- Rhytidoponera ferruginea Clark, 1936
- Rhytidoponera flavicornis Clark, 1936
- Rhytidoponera flavipes (Clark, 1941)
- Rhytidoponera flindersi Clark, 1936
- Rhytidoponera foreli Crawley, 1918
- Rhytidoponera foveolata Crawley, 1925
- Rhytidoponera fulgens (Emery, 1883)
- Rhytidoponera fuliginosa Clark, 1936
- Rhytidoponera greavesi Clark, 1941
- Rhytidoponera gregoryi Clark, 1936
- Rhytidoponera haeckeli (Forel, 1910)
- Rhytidoponera hanieli Forel, 1913
- Rhytidoponera hilli Crawley, 1915
- Rhytidoponera impressa (Mayr, 1876)
- Rhytidoponera incisa Crawley, 1915
- Rhytidoponera inops Emery, 1900
- Rhytidoponera inornata Crawley, 1922
- Rhytidoponera insularis Ward, 1984
- †Rhytidoponera kirghizorum Dlussky, 1981
- Rhytidoponera koumensis Ward, 1984
- Rhytidoponera kurandensis Brown, 1958
- Rhytidoponera laciniosa Viehmeyer, 1912
- Rhytidoponera lamellinodis Santschi, 1919
- Rhytidoponera laticeps Forel, 1915
- Rhytidoponera levior Crawley, 1925
- Rhytidoponera litoralis Ward, 1984
- Rhytidoponera luteipes Ward, 1984
- Rhytidoponera maledicta Forel, 1915
- Rhytidoponera maniae (Forel, 1900)
- Rhytidoponera mayri (Emery, 1883)
- Rhytidoponera metallica (Smith, 1858)
- Rhytidoponera micans Clark, 1936
- Rhytidoponera mimica Ward, 1984
- Rhytidoponera mirabilis Clark, 1936
- Rhytidoponera nexa Stitz, 1912
- Rhytidoponera nitida Clark, 1936
- Rhytidoponera nitidiventris Ward, 1984
- Rhytidoponera nodifera (Emery, 1895)
- Rhytidoponera nudata (Mayr, 1876)
- Rhytidoponera numeensis (André, 1889)
- Rhytidoponera opaciventris Ward, 1984
- Rhytidoponera peninsularis Brown, 1958
- Rhytidoponera petiolata Clark, 1936
- Rhytidoponera pilosula Clark, 1936
- Rhytidoponera pulchella (Emery, 1883)
- Rhytidoponera punctata (Smith, 1858)
- Rhytidoponera punctigera Crawley, 1925
- Rhytidoponera punctiventris (Forel, 1900)
- Rhytidoponera purpurea (Emery, 1887)
- Rhytidoponera reflexa Clark, 1936
- Rhytidoponera reticulata (Forel, 1893)
- Rhytidoponera rotundiceps Viehmeyer, 1914
- Rhytidoponera rufescens (Forel, 1900)
- Rhytidoponera rufithorax Clark, 1941
- Rhytidoponera rufiventris Forel, 1915
- Rhytidoponera rufonigra Clark, 1936
- Rhytidoponera scaberrima (Emery, 1895)
- Rhytidoponera scabra (Mayr, 1876)
- Rhytidoponera scabrior Crawley, 1925
- Rhytidoponera socra (Forel, 1894)
- Rhytidoponera spoliata (Emery, 1895)
- Rhytidoponera strigosa (Emery, 1887)
- Rhytidoponera subcyanea Emery, 1897
- Rhytidoponera tasmaniensis Emery, 1898
- Rhytidoponera taurus (Forel, 1910)
- Rhytidoponera tenuis (Forel, 1900)
- Rhytidoponera terrestris Ward, 1984
- Rhytidoponera trachypyx Brown, 1958
- Rhytidoponera turneri (Forel, 1910)
- Rhytidoponera tyloxys Brown, 1958
- Rhytidoponera versicolor Brown, 1958
- Rhytidoponera victoriae (André, 1896)
- Rhytidoponera violacea (Forel, 1907)
- Rhytidoponera viridis (Clark, 1941)
- Rhytidoponera wilsoni Brown, 1958
- Rhytidoponera yorkensis Forel, 1915
References
edit- ^ Bolton, B. (2014). "Rhytidoponera". AntCat. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
- ^ "Genus: Rhytidoponera". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
- ^ Ward, P. S. (1984). "A revision of the ant genus Rhytidoponera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in New Caledonia". Australian Journal of Zoology. 32: 131–175. doi:10.1071/zo9840131.
- ^ Peeters, Christian; Ito, Fuminori (2001). "Colony Dispersal and the Evolution of Queen Morphology in Social Hymenoptera". Annual Review of Entomology. 46. Annual Reviews: 601–30. doi:10.1146/annurev.ento.46.1.601. ISSN 0066-4170. PMID 11112181.
- ^ Peeters, Christian P. (1991). Veeresh, G. K.; Mallik, B. (eds.). Social Insects and the Environment: Proceedings of the 11th International Congress of IUSSI, 1990 (International Union for the Study of Social Insects). Brill Academic Pub. p. 234. ISBN 978-9004093164. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
External links
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