Rhytidoponera cerastes brevior

An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World by Barry Bolton

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Rhytidoponera cerastes brevior Crawley, 1925 junior synonym of current valid taxon Rhytidoponera taurus (Forel, 1910)

Rhytidoponera cerastes var. brevior Crawley, 1925b: 586 (w.m.) AUSTRALIA (Western Australia). Australasia.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated), 1 syntype male. Primary type locality: Australia: N Western Australia, Derby, no. 396 (J. Campbell). Primary type depositories: NHMB, OXUM. Primary type specimen: CASENT0915146. Type notes: Baroni Urbani, 1973b: 129, cites 1 worker syntype in NHMB.

Junior synonym of Rhytidoponera taurus: Clark, 1936: 25; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 48; Taylor, 1987a: 71; Bolton, 1995b: 378.

Citations

Baroni Urbani, C. 1973b. Katalog der Typen von Formicidae (Hymenoptera) der Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums Basel. Mitteilungen der Entomologischen Gesellschaft Basel (n.s.)23:122-152.
Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Clark, J. 1936. A revision of Australian species of Rhytidoponera Mayr (Formicidae). Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 9:14-89. PDF
Crawley, W. C. 1925b. New ants from Australia. - II. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)16:577-598. PDF
Taylor, R. W. 1987a. A checklist of the ants of Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization) Division of Entomology Report 41:1-92. PDF
Taylor, R. W.; Brown, D. R. 1985. Formicoidea. Zoological Catalogue of Australia 2:1-149, 306-348.

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