Rhytidoponera laciniosa, Viehmeyer, 1912

Radchenko, Alexander G., Fisher, Brian L., Esteves, Flavia A., Martynova, Ekateryna V., Bazhenova, Tatyana N. & Lasarenko, Svetlana N., 2023, Ant type specimens (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the collection of Volodymyr Opanasovych Karawajew. Communication 1. Dorylinae, Poneromorpha and Pseudomyrmecinae, Zootaxa 5244 (1), pp. 1-32 : 23

Rhytidoponera laciniosa Viehmeyer, 1912: 5 , Fig. 3 , w.

Current status: Rhytidoponera laciniosa (s/f Ectatomminae).

Type locality(-ies): exact location not given, but based on the title of the paper ( Viehmeyer 1912) and label data (see below), is New Guinea .

Original Karawajew labels: 1 w, “Kais. Wilhelmsland / Toricelli Gebirge / Dr. Schlaginhaufen”, “ Rhytidoponera / ( Rhytidoponera ) / laciniosa Viehmeyer / Typus”, “ Paratypus w / Rhytidoponera / laciniova Viehmeyer”.

Material: SYNTYPE, 1 w ( CASENT0916801 ) (Box 2) .

Figures

FIGURES 2–5. Photos of Karawajew’s collection: 2—cupboard with the collection, outside view; 3—cupboard with the collection, inside view; 4—one of the boxes; 5—example of mounted ants with Karawajew’s original labels.