Biology:Rhytidoponera

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Short description: Genus of ants

Rhytidoponera
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Rhytidoponera metallica worker
Scientific classification e
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

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]

Some Rhytidoponera species have both winged alate queens and gamergates.[4] All known queenless species of Rhytidoponera are polygynous.[5]

Species

  • 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

  1. Bolton, B. (2014). "Rhytidoponera". AntCat. http://antcat.org/catalog/429516. 
  2. "Genus: Rhytidoponera". AntWeb. http://www.antweb.org/description.do?name=Rhytidoponera&rank=genus&project=allantwebants. 
  3. 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. https://zenodo.org/record/24955. 
  4. Peeters, Christian; Ito, Fuminori (2001). "Colony Dispersal and the Evolution of Queen Morphology in Social Hymenoptera". Annual Review of Entomology (Annual Reviews) 46: 601–30. doi:10.1146/annurev.ento.46.1.601. ISSN 0066-4170. PMID 11112181. 
  5. 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. https://books.google.com/books?id=ZsMUAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA234. Retrieved 12 August 2014. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q2481846 entry