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Taxonomic history
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 wet sclerophyll, 3 times found in native veg., rural environ., 2 times found in wet sclerophyll forest, 2 times found in savanna woodland, 2 times found in low Eucalyptus woodland, 2 times found in Eucalyptus savannah, ...
Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 7 times under stone, 7 times Stray ground foragers, 2 times On grd, 6 times nest in soil, 6 times ground forager, 3 times Ground nest, 3 times under rock, 3 times soil, 2 times on low vegetation, 2 times litter, 2 times leaf litter, ...
Collected most commonly using these methods: 6 times Pitfall, 1 times By hand, 1 times direct collection, 2 times ex pitfall trap, 2 times search, 1 times berlesate.
Elevations: collected from 3 - 1000 meters, 332 meters average
Collect Date Range: collected between 1913-12-31 and 2014-07-08
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 (Chalcoponera) caeciliae: focol2887, focol2888