{"key":296606837,"nubKey":1321611,"nameKey":9836291,"taxonID":"4SWTS","kingdom":"Animalia","phylum":"Arthropoda","order":"Hymenoptera","family":"Formicidae","genus":"Rhytidoponera","species":"Rhytidoponera taurus","kingdomKey":296374190,"phylumKey":296374886,"classKey":296434567,"orderKey":296455055,"familyKey":296588742,"genusKey":296606657,"speciesKey":296606837,"datasetKey":"7ddf754f-d193-4cc9-b351-99906754a03b","parentKey":296606657,"parent":"Rhytidoponera","scientificName":"Rhytidoponera taurus (Forel, 1910)","canonicalName":"Rhytidoponera taurus","authorship":"(Forel, 1910) ","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"SPECIES","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"Ectatomma (Rhytidoponera) cornutum subsp. taurus [Forel, 1910b](https://antcat.org/references/125203) [PDF](https://antcat.org/documents/1445/4023.pdf): 12 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Northern Territory). Australasia. Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: Australia: Central Australia, Tennants Creek (J.F. Field). Primary type depositories: ANIC, MHNG, NHMB. Primary type specimen: CASENT0907142. Type notes: [Baroni Urbani, 1973b](https://antcat.org/references/122481): 129, cites 1 worker syntype in NHMB. [AntCat](https://www.antcat.org/catalog/447431) [AntWiki](https://www.antwiki.org/wiki/Rhytidoponera_taurus) [HOL](http://hol.osu.edu/index.html?id=36004)Taxonomic history[Forel, 1915b](https://antcat.org/references/125258) [PDF](https://antcat.org/documents/1488/4066.pdf): 12 (m.)Combination in [Rhytidoponera](https://www.antcat.org/catalog/429516): [Emery, 1911e](https://antcat.org/references/124702) [PDF](https://antcat.org/documents/1178/10156.pdf): 38.Subspecies of [Rhytidoponera cornuta](https://www.antcat.org/catalog/447318): [Emery, 1911e](https://antcat.org/references/124702) [PDF](https://antcat.org/documents/1178/10156.pdf): 38; [Wheeler, 1915h](https://antcat.org/references/130095) [PDF](https://antcat.org/documents/3493/10606.pdf): 805; [Forel, 1915b](https://antcat.org/references/125258) [PDF](https://antcat.org/documents/1488/4066.pdf): 12.Status as species: [Clark, 1936](https://antcat.org/references/123632) [PDF](https://antcat.org/documents/636/6108.pdf): 25 (redescription); [Brown, 1958g](https://antcat.org/references/123146) [PDF](https://antcat.org/documents/422/6701.pdf): 205; [Taylor & Brown, 1985](https://antcat.org/references/129218): 48; [Taylor, 1987a](https://antcat.org/references/129202) [PDF](https://antcat.org/documents/3011/2827.pdf): 71; [Bolton, 1995b](https://antcat.org/references/122860): 381; [Heterick, 2009](https://antcat.org/references/131481) [PDF](https://antcat.org/documents/4458/Heterick_2009_A%20guide%20to%20the%20ants%20of%20South-Western%20Australia.pdf): 137; [Camacho et al., 2022](https://antcat.org/references/143946) [10.1093/isd/ixab026](https://doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixab026) [PDF](https://antcat.org/documents/8200/camacho_et_al_2022_isd_ectatomminae_phylogenomics.pdf): 12.Senior synonym of [Rhytidoponera cerastes brevior](https://www.antcat.org/catalog/447302): [Clark, 1936](https://antcat.org/references/123632) [PDF](https://antcat.org/documents/636/6108.pdf): 25; [Taylor & Brown, 1985](https://antcat.org/references/129218): 48; [Taylor, 1987a](https://antcat.org/references/129202) [PDF](https://antcat.org/documents/3011/2827.pdf): 71; [Bolton, 1995b](https://antcat.org/references/122860): 381.Senior synonym of [Rhytidoponera cornuta fusciventris](https://www.antcat.org/catalog/447342): [Clark, 1936](https://antcat.org/references/123632) [PDF](https://antcat.org/documents/636/6108.pdf): 25; [Taylor & Brown, 1985](https://antcat.org/references/129218): 48; [Taylor, 1987a](https://antcat.org/references/129202) [PDF](https://antcat.org/documents/3011/2827.pdf): 71; [Bolton, 1995b](https://antcat.org/references/122860): 381. Forel, A. (1915) Results of Dr. E. Mjöbergs Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910-13. 2. Ameisen: 12 (m.). Combination in Rhytidoponera Mayr, 1862: Emery, C. (1911) Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae: 38. Subspecies of Rhytidoponera cornuta (Emery, 1895): Emery, C. (1911) Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae: 38; Wheeler, W. M. (1915) Hymenoptera. [In \"Scientific notes on an expedition into the north-western regions of South Australia\".]: 805; Forel, A. (1915) Results of Dr. E. Mjöbergs Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910-13. 2. Ameisen: 12. Status as species: Clark, J. (1936) A revision of Australian species of *Rhytidoponera* Mayr (Formicidae): 25 (redescription); Brown, W. L., Jr. (1958) Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. II. Tribe Ectatommini (Hymenoptera): 205; Taylor, R. W.; Brown, D. R. (1985) Formicoidea: 48; Taylor, R. W. (1987) A checklist of the ants of Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): 71; Bolton, B. (1995) A new general catalogue of the ants of the world: 381; Heterick, B. E. (2009) A guide to the ants of south-western Australia: 137; Camacho, G. P.; Franco, W.; Branstetter, M. G.; Pie, M. R.; Longino, J. T.; Schultz, T. R.; Feitosa, R. M. (2022) UCE phylogenomics resolves major relationships among ectaheteromorph ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ectatomminae, Heteroponerinae): a new classification for the subfamilies and the description of a new genus: 12. Senior synonym of ???: Clark, J. (1936) A revision of Australian species of *Rhytidoponera* Mayr (Formicidae): 25; Taylor, R. W.; Brown, D. R. (1985) Formicoidea: 48; Taylor, R. W. (1987) A checklist of the ants of Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): 71; Bolton, B. (1995) A new general catalogue of the ants of the world: 381. Senior synonym of ???: Clark, J. (1936) A revision of Australian species of *Rhytidoponera* Mayr (Formicidae): 25; Taylor, R. W.; Brown, D. R. (1985) Formicoidea: 48; Taylor, R. W. (1987) A checklist of the ants of Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): 71; Bolton, B. (1995) A new general catalogue of the ants of the world: 381.","publishedIn":"Forel, A. (1910). Formicides australiens reçus de MM. Froggatt et Rowland Turner. Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 18, 1–94. https://antcat.org/documents/1445/4023.pdf","numDescendants":0,"references":"https://antcat.org/catalog/447431","lastCrawled":"2026-09-10T20:06:58.439+00:00","lastInterpreted":"2026-09-11T03:59:55.190+00:00","issues":["ORIGINAL_NAME_USAGE_ID_INVALID","NOMENCLATURAL_STATUS_INVALID"],"class":"Insecta"}