Rhytidoponera violacea

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Rhytidoponera violacea (Forel, 1907) valid

Ectatomma (Rhytidoponera) convexum subsp. violaceum Forel, 1907j: 269 (w.m.) AUSTRALIA (Western Australia). Australasia.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated), 1 syntype male. Primary type localities: Australia: Western Australia, Stat. 71, Northampton, 1905 (W. Michaelsen & R. Hartmeyer), Western Australia, Stat. 80, Eradu, 1905 (W. Michaelsen & R. Hartmeyer), Western Australia, Stat. 98, Wooroloo, 1905 (W. Michaelsen & R. Hartmeyer), Western Australia, Stat. 99, Lion Mill, 1905 (W. Michaelsen & R. Hartmeyer), Western Australia, Stat. 101, Mundaring Weir, 1905 (W. Michaelsen & R. Hartmeyer), Western Australia, Stat. 106, South Perth, 1905 (W. Michaelsen & R. Hartmeyer), Western Australia, Stat. 109, Subiaco, 1905 (W. Michaelsen & R. Hartmeyer), Western Australia, Stat. 129, Jarrahdale, 1905 (W. Michaelsen & R. Hartmeyer), Western Australia, Stat. 155, York, 1905 (W. Michaelsen & R. Hartmeyer). Primary type depositories: ANIC, MHNG, NHMB. Type notes: Baroni Urbani, 1973b: 129, cites 1 worker syntype in NHMB.

Combination in Rhytidoponera: Emery, 1911e: 38.
Subspecies of Rhytidoponera convexa: Emery, 1911e: 38; Forel, 1915b: 11; Crawley, 1922a: 434; Crawley, 1925b: 583; Wheeler, 1934d: 139; Clark, 1936: 87 (redescription).
Status as species: Brown, 1958g: 205, 266; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 49; Taylor, 1987a: 71; Bolton, 1995b: 381; Heterick, 2009: 140; Camacho et al., 2022: 12.
Senior synonym of Rhytidoponera convexa gemma: Clark, 1936: 87; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 49; Taylor, 1987a: 71; Bolton, 1995b: 381.
Senior synonym of Rhytidoponera convexa opacior: Brown, 1958g: 205, 266; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 49; Taylor, 1987a: 71; Bolton, 1995b: 381.

Junior synonyms

Rhytidoponera convexa gemma (Forel, 1907)
Obsolete combination(s): Ectatomma convexum gemma
Rhytidoponera convexa opacior Clark, 1936

Obsolete combinations

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.
Brown, W. L., Jr. 1958g. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. II. Tribe Ectatommini (Hymenoptera). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 118:173-362. PDF
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): 5:1-20. 10.1093/isd/ixab026 PDF
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. 1922a. New ants from Australia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)9:427-448. PDF
Crawley, W. C. 1925b. New ants from Australia. - II. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)16:577-598. PDF
Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118:1-125. PDF
Forel, A. 1907j. Formicidae. In: Michaelsen, W.; Hartmeyer, R. (eds.) 1907. Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Band I, Lieferung 7. Jena: Gustav Fischer, pp. 263-310. PDF
Forel, A. 1915b. Results of Dr. E. Mjöbergs Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910-13. 2. Ameisen. Arkiv för Zoologi 9(16):1-119. PDF
Heterick, B. E. 2009. A guide to the ants of south-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 76:1-206. 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.
Wheeler, W. M. 1934d. Contributions to the fauna of Rottnest Island, Western Australia. No. IX. The ants. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 20:137-163. PDF

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