Rhytidoponera | |
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Rhytidoponera metallica worker | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Ectatomminae |
Tribe: | Ectatommini |
Genus: |
Rhytidoponera Mayr, 1862 |
Type species | |
Ponera araneoides |
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Diversity | |
106 species | |
Synonyms | |
Chalcoponera Emery, 1897 |
Chalcoponera Emery, 1897
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.