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''Rhytidoponera'' is a large
''Rhytidoponera'' is a large genus
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of ant
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s in the subfamily
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Ectatomminae. The genus is known from Australia
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and Melanesia
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, with New Caledonia
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as the most eastern limit.
Some ''Rhytidoponera'' species have both winged alate
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In entomology
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queens and gamergates. All known queenless species of ''Rhytidoponera'' are polygynous.
Species
*'' Rhytidoponera abdominalis'' Viehmeyer, 1912 *'' Rhytidoponera acanthoponeroides'' Viehmeyer, 1924 *'' Rhytidoponera aciculata'' (Smith, 1858) *'' Rhytidoponera aenescens'' Emery, 1900 *'' Rhytidoponera anceps'' Emery, 1898 *'' Rhytidoponera aquila'' Ward, 1984 *'' Rhytidoponera araneoides'' (Le Guillou, 1842) *'' Rhytidoponera arborea'' Ward, 1984 *'' Rhytidoponera aspera'' (Roger, 1860) *'' Rhytidoponera atropurpurea'' Emery, 1914 *'' Rhytidoponera aurata'' (Roger, 1861) *'' Rhytidoponera barnardi'' Clark, 1936 *'' Rhytidoponera barretti'' Clark, 1941 *'' Rhytidoponera borealis'' Crawley, 1918 *'' Rhytidoponera carinata'' Clark, 1936 *'' Rhytidoponera celtinodis'' Wilson, 1958 *'' Rhytidoponera cerastes'' Crawley, 1925 *'' Rhytidoponera chalybaea'' Emery, 1901 *'' Rhytidoponera chnoopyx'' Brown, 1958 *'' Rhytidoponera clarki'' Donisthorpe, 1943 *'' Rhytidoponera confusa'' Ward, 1980 *'' Rhytidoponera convexa'' (Mayr, 1876) *'' Rhytidoponera cornuta'' (Emery, 1895) *'' Rhytidoponera crassinoda'' (Forel, 1907) *'' Rhytidoponera cristata'' (Mayr, 1876) *'' Rhytidoponera croesus'' Emery, 1901 *'' Rhytidoponera depilis'' Ward, 1984 *'' Rhytidoponera dubia'' Crawley, 1915 *'' Rhytidoponera enigmatica'' Ward, 1980 *'' Rhytidoponera eremita'' Clark, 1936 *'' Rhytidoponera ferruginea'' Clark, 1936 *'' Rhytidoponera flavicornis'' Clark, 1936 *'' Rhytidoponera flavipes'' (Clark, 1941) *'' Rhytidoponera flindersi'' Clark, 1936 *'' Rhytidoponera foreli'' Crawley, 1918 *'' Rhytidoponera foveolata'' Crawley, 1925 *'' Rhytidoponera fulgens'' (Emery, 1883) *'' Rhytidoponera fuliginosa'' Clark, 1936 *'' Rhytidoponera greavesi'' Clark, 1941 *'' Rhytidoponera gregoryi'' Clark, 1936 *'' Rhytidoponera haeckeli'' (Forel, 1910) *'' Rhytidoponera hanieli'' Forel, 1913 *'' Rhytidoponera hilli'' Crawley, 1915 *'' Rhytidoponera impressa'' (Mayr, 1876) *'' Rhytidoponera incisa'' Crawley, 1915 *'' Rhytidoponera inops'' Emery, 1900 *'' Rhytidoponera inornata'' Crawley, 1922 *'' Rhytidoponera insularis'' Ward, 1984 *†'' Rhytidoponera kirghizorum'' Dlussky, 1981 *'' Rhytidoponera koumensis'' Ward, 1984 *'' Rhytidoponera kurandensis'' Brown, 1958 *'' Rhytidoponera laciniosa'' Viehmeyer, 1912 *'' Rhytidoponera lamellinodis'' Santschi, 1919 *'' Rhytidoponera laticeps'' Forel, 1915 *'' Rhytidoponera levior'' Crawley, 1925 *'' Rhytidoponera litoralis'' Ward, 1984 *'' Rhytidoponera luteipes'' Ward, 1984 *'' Rhytidoponera maledicta'' Forel, 1915 *'' Rhytidoponera maniae'' (Forel, 1900) *'' Rhytidoponera mayri'' (Emery, 1883) *'' Rhytidoponera metallica'' (Smith, 1858) *'' Rhytidoponera micans'' Clark, 1936 *'' Rhytidoponera mimica'' Ward, 1984 *'' Rhytidoponera mirabilis'' Clark, 1936 *'' Rhytidoponera nexa'' Stitz, 1912 *'' Rhytidoponera nitida'' Clark, 1936 *'' Rhytidoponera nitidiventris'' Ward, 1984 *'' Rhytidoponera nodifera'' (Emery, 1895) *'' Rhytidoponera nudata'' (Mayr, 1876) *'' Rhytidoponera numeensis'' (André, 1889) *'' Rhytidoponera opaciventris'' Ward, 1984 *'' Rhytidoponera peninsularis'' Brown, 1958 *'' Rhytidoponera petiolata'' Clark, 1936 *'' Rhytidoponera pilosula'' Clark, 1936 *'' Rhytidoponera pulchella'' (Emery, 1883) *'' Rhytidoponera punctata'' (Smith, 1858) *'' Rhytidoponera punctigera'' Crawley, 1925 *'' Rhytidoponera punctiventris'' (Forel, 1900) *'' Rhytidoponera purpurea'' (Emery, 1887) *'' Rhytidoponera reflexa'' Clark, 1936 *'' Rhytidoponera reticulata'' (Forel, 1893) *'' Rhytidoponera rotundiceps'' Viehmeyer, 1914 *'' Rhytidoponera rufescens'' (Forel, 1900) *'' Rhytidoponera rufithorax'' Clark, 1941 *'' Rhytidoponera rufiventris'' Forel, 1915 *'' Rhytidoponera rufonigra'' Clark, 1936 *'' Rhytidoponera scaberrima'' (Emery, 1895) *'' Rhytidoponera scabra'' (Mayr, 1876) *'' Rhytidoponera scabrior'' Crawley, 1925 *'' Rhytidoponera socra'' (Forel, 1894) *'' Rhytidoponera spoliata'' (Emery, 1895) *'' Rhytidoponera strigosa'' (Emery, 1887) *'' Rhytidoponera subcyanea'' Emery, 1897 *'' Rhytidoponera tasmaniensis'' Emery, 1898 *'' Rhytidoponera taurus'' (Forel, 1910) *'' Rhytidoponera tenuis'' (Forel, 1900) *'' Rhytidoponera terrestris'' Ward, 1984 *'' Rhytidoponera trachypyx'' Brown, 1958 *'' Rhytidoponera turneri'' (Forel, 1910) *'' Rhytidoponera tyloxys'' Brown, 1958 *'' Rhytidoponera versicolor'' Brown, 1958 *'' Rhytidoponera victoriae'' (André, 1896) *'' Rhytidoponera violacea'' (Forel, 1907) *'' Rhytidoponera viridis'' (Clark, 1941) *'' Rhytidoponera wilsoni'' Brown, 1958 *'' Rhytidoponera yorkensis'' Forel, 1915References
External links
* Ectatomminae Ant genera {{ant-stub