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Pony Ants
Rhytidoponera
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.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Green-head Ant
speciesRhytidoponera metallica

Rhytidoponera victoriae
speciesRhytidoponera victoriae

Impressa-group Pony Ants
complexRhytidoponera impressa

Rhytidoponera tasmaniensis
speciesRhytidoponera tasmaniensis

Titan Pony Ant
speciesRhytidoponera mayri

Rhytidoponera croesus
speciesRhytidoponera croesus

Rhytidoponera aspera
speciesRhytidoponera aspera

Rhytidoponera anceps
speciesRhytidoponera anceps

Rhytidoponera violacea
speciesRhytidoponera violacea

Rhytidoponera punctiventris
speciesRhytidoponera punctiventris

Rhytidoponera nodifera
speciesRhytidoponera nodifera

Rhytidoponera taurus
speciesRhytidoponera taurus

Rhytidoponera maniae
speciesRhytidoponera maniae

Rhytidoponera scabrior
speciesRhytidoponera scabrior

Rhytidoponera convexa
speciesRhytidoponera convexa

Rhytidoponera rufiventris
speciesRhytidoponera rufiventris

Rhytidoponera aurata
speciesRhytidoponera aurata

Rhytidoponera spoliata
speciesRhytidoponera spoliata

Rhytidoponera inornata
speciesRhytidoponera inornata

Rhytidoponera punctata
speciesRhytidoponera punctata

Rhytidoponera cristata
speciesRhytidoponera cristata

Rhytidoponera nudata
speciesRhytidoponera nudata

Rhytidoponera levior
speciesRhytidoponera levior

Rhytidoponera aciculata
speciesRhytidoponera aciculata

Rhytidoponera laticeps
speciesRhytidoponera laticeps

Rhytidoponera cornuta
speciesRhytidoponera cornuta

Rhytidoponera barnardi
speciesRhytidoponera barnardi

Rhytidoponera kurandensis
speciesRhytidoponera kurandensis
Rhytidoponera scabra
speciesRhytidoponera scabra

Rhytidoponera borealis
speciesRhytidoponera borealis

Rhytidoponera fulgens
speciesRhytidoponera fulgens
Rhytidoponera flavicornis
speciesRhytidoponera flavicornis

Rhytidoponera rufescens
speciesRhytidoponera rufescens

Rhytidoponera scaberrima
speciesRhytidoponera scaberrima

Rhytidoponera tyloxys
speciesRhytidoponera tyloxys

Rhytidoponera hanieli
speciesRhytidoponera hanieli

Rhytidoponera nexa
speciesRhytidoponera nexa

Rhytidoponera ferruginea
speciesRhytidoponera ferruginea
Rhytidoponera greavesi
speciesRhytidoponera greavesi

Rhytidoponera foreli
speciesRhytidoponera foreli

Rhytidoponera clarki
speciesRhytidoponera clarki

Rhytidoponera inops
speciesRhytidoponera inops

Rhytidoponera luteipes
speciesRhytidoponera luteipes

Rhytidoponera chnoopyx
speciesRhytidoponera chnoopyx
Rhytidoponera incisa
speciesRhytidoponera incisa
Rhytidoponera punctigera
speciesRhytidoponera punctigera
Rhytidoponera mirabilis
speciesRhytidoponera mirabilis

Rhytidoponera dubia
speciesRhytidoponera dubia

Rhytidoponera terrestris
speciesRhytidoponera terrestris

Rhytidoponera aenescens
speciesRhytidoponera aenescens

Rhytidoponera tenuis
speciesRhytidoponera tenuis

Rhytidoponera abdominalis
speciesRhytidoponera abdominalis

Rhytidoponera trachypyx
speciesRhytidoponera trachypyx

Rhytidoponera reticulata
speciesRhytidoponera reticulata
Rhytidoponera turneri
speciesRhytidoponera turneri
Rhytidoponera cerastes
speciesRhytidoponera cerastes

Rhytidoponera hilli
speciesRhytidoponera hilli
Rhytidoponera numeensis
speciesRhytidoponera numeensis
Rhytidoponera eremita
speciesRhytidoponera eremita
Rhytidoponera flavipes
speciesRhytidoponera flavipes
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Rhytidoponera in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 194072.