Species: Rhytidoponera metallica

Current Valid Name:

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2023)

Ponera metallica Smith, 1858a PDF: 94 (w.q.) AUSTRALIA (South Australia). Australasia. Primary type information: Type-material: lectotype worker (by designation of Brown, 1958g PDF: 275). Type-locality: lectotype Australia: South Australia, Adelaide, “Smith coll. pres. by Mrs Farren White. 99-103” (no collector’s name). Type-depository: BMNH. Secondary type information: Paratype-material: 1 paralectotype worker. Paratype-locality: same as for lectotype. Paratype-depository: BMNH. Type notes: The original syntype queen has apparently been lost. AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

Lectotype designation: Brown, 1958g PDF: 275.

Mayr, 1866b PDF: 891 (m.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1952a PDF: 125 (l.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1964b PDF: 449 (l.); Crozier, 1969a PDF: 241 (k.); Imai et al., 1977 PDF: 347 (k.)

Combination in Ectatomma (Rhytidoponera): Mayr, 1862 PDF: 732; Mayr, 1887 PDF: 539.

Combination in Ectatomma: Roger, 1863b PDF: 17; Emery, 1887f PDF: 444.

Combination in Rhytidoponera (Chalcoponera): Emery, 1897: 548.

Combination in Chalcoponera: Wheeler, 1935g: 10.

Status as species: Roger, 1860 PDF: 308; Mayr, 1862 PDF: 732; Mayr, 1863a PDF: 410; Roger, 1863b PDF: 17; Mayr, 1865 PDF: 72; Lowne, 1865b: 334; Mayr, 1866b PDF: 891; Mayr, 1876 PDF: 90 (in key); Mayr, 1886c PDF: 358; Emery, 1887f PDF: 444; Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 24; Forel, 1907j PDF: 270; Wheeler, 1909a PDF: 26; Emery, 1911e PDF: 39; Stitz, 1911a PDF: 354; Emery, 1912a PDF: 78; Emery, 1914a PDF: 180; Forel, 1915b PDF: 14; Wheeler, 1915h PDF: 805; Crawley, 1918 PDF: 88; Poulton, 1922: 121; Clark, 1928c: 40; Wheeler, 1935g: 10; Clark, 1938: 362; Brown, 1958g PDF: 204, 275; Wilson & Taylor, 1967b PDF: 20, 102; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 45; Taylor, 1987a PDF: 69; Bolton, 1995b: 380; Don, 2007: 81; Heterick, 2009 PDF: 140; Camacho et al., 2022 10.1093/isd/ixab026 PDF: 12.

Senior synonym of Rhytidoponera caeciliae: Brown, 1958g PDF: 204, 275; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 45; Taylor, 1987a PDF: 69; Bolton, 1995b: 380.

Senior synonym of Rhytidoponera pulchra: Brown, 1958g PDF: 204, 275; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 45; Taylor, 1987a PDF: 69; Bolton, 1995b: 380.

Senior synonym of Rhytidoponera metallica purpurascens: Brown, 1958g PDF: 204, 275; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 45; Taylor, 1987a PDF: 69; Bolton, 1995b: 380.

Senior synonym of Rhytidoponera metallica varians: Brown, 1958g PDF: 204, 276; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 45; Taylor, 1987a PDF: 69; Bolton, 1995b: 380.

// Distribution

Distribution:

  Geographic regions (According to curated Geolocale/Taxon lists):
    Oceania: Australia, New Zealand
  Biogeographic regions (According to curated Bioregion/Taxon lists):
    Australasia
  Native to (according to species list records):
    Australasia bioregion

Distribution Notes:

Napier city

Biology:

urban areas

Notes:

first record in NZ; 1959 (Taylor 1961)

Specimen Habitat Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 7 times found in dry sclerophyll, 5 times found in Mallee and Triodia on sand dune, 4 times found in roadside, 4 times found in mallee, 3 times found in native veg., rural environ., 3 times found in wet sclerophyll, 2 times found in Banksia, eucalyptus shrubs, 2 times found in grassland, 2 times found in mallee and spinifex on sand, 2 times found in wet sclerophyll forest, ...

Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 7 times under stone, 7 times Stray ground foragers, 6 times nest in soil, 6 times ground forager, 2 times On grd, 3 times Ground nest, 3 times under rock, 3 times soil, 2 times litter, 2 times leaf litter, 2 times Ground foragers, ...

Collected most commonly using these methods: 6 times Pitfall, 2 times search, 1 times By hand, 1 times direct collection, 2 times ex pitfall trap, 1 times berlesate.

Elevations: collected from 3 - 1000 meters, 332 meters average

Collect Date Range: collected between 1913-12-31 00:00:00.0 and 2014-07-08 00:00:00.0

Type specimens: Holotype of Chalcoponera pulchra: antweb1008158; Lectotype of Rhytidoponera metallica: casent0900527; Paratype: sam-hym-c005170, sam-hym-c005171; syntype: anic32-011948; syntype of Rhytidoponera caeciliae: casent0915139; syntype of Rhytidoponera metallica varians: casent0915140; syntype of Rhytidoponera metallica varians: casent0907159; type of Rhytidoponera caeciliae: focol2887, focol2888

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Species: Rhytidoponera metallica (Smith, 1858)

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