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Diagnostic Description

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Clypeus maessig gewoelbt, dessen Scheibe ziemlich flach, hinten ohne halbkugeligen Erhoehungen; Pro- und Metanotum oben ungezaehnt; ersteres unten mit einem Dorne oder einem oefters sehr stumpfen Zahne; Thorax ohne Spur einer Einschnuerung. Stielchen oben mit einer dicken unbewehrten Schuppe oder einem Knoten.

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Mayr, G., 1862, Myrmecologische Studien., Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, pp. 649-776, vol. 12
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Rhytidoponera

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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

References

  1. ^ Bolton, B. (2014). "Rhytidoponera". AntCat. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
  2. ^ "Genus: Rhytidoponera". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
  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.
  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. Retrieved 12 August 2014.

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Rhytidoponera: Brief Summary

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Rhytidoponera is a large genus of ants in the subfamily Ectatomminae. The genus is known from Australia and Melanesia, with New Caledonia as the most eastern limit.

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

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