Rhytidoponera
| Rhytidoponera | |
|---|---|
| Rhytidoponera croesus worker | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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 | |
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.
Some Rhytidoponera species have both winged alate queens and gamergates. All known queenless species of Rhytidoponera are polygynous.