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Rhytidoponera

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
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.



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