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Rhytidoponera metallica

Green-head ant

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Rhytidoponera metallica (Smith, 1858)

GBIF · view at source · updated on 03/07/2026

Green-head Ant

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Animalia · Arthropoda · Insecta · Hymenoptera · Formicidae · Rhytidoponera

Rhytidoponera metallica

Wikidata · view at source · CC0 · updated on 03/07/2026

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(c) Mark Ayers, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Mark Ayers · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist
(c) Matt Tudor, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Matt Tudor · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist
(c) Jonghyun Park, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Jonghyun Park · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Connor Margetts, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Connor Margetts · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Jordan M, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Jordan M · CC BY-NC · iNaturalist
(c) Jonghyun Park, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Jonghyun Park · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Jonghyun Park, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Jonghyun Park · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Jonghyun Park, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Jonghyun Park · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Jonghyun Park, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Jonghyun Park · CC BY · iNaturalist
Occurrences (GBIF) 3 countries · 7670 records GBIF · updated on 07/07/2026 Maximize Minimize
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Occurrences by year
1889: 1 1905: 1 1910: 1 1911: 1 1913: 2 1914: 4 1915: 2 1922: 7 1923: 1 1924: 1 1926: 1 1927: 1 1930: 9 1931: 8 1932: 10 1933: 3 1934: 3 1936: 7 1940: 3 1941: 1 1946: 1 1947: 1 1954: 1 1958: 1 1959: 2 1963: 3 1969: 6 1970: 3 1971: 7 1972: 18 1973: 3 1974: 3 1975: 18 1976: 13 1977: 27 1978: 2 1979: 1 1980: 8 1981: 10 1982: 2 1983: 10 1984: 4 1985: 8 1986: 3 1987: 6 1988: 1 1989: 2 1990: 2 1991: 13 1992: 28 1993: 117 1994: 6 1995: 19 1996: 325 1997: 455 1998: 275 1999: 51 2000: 11 2001: 20 2002: 195 2003: 435 2004: 280 2005: 76 2006: 133 2007: 26 2008: 9 2009: 26 2010: 48 2011: 3 2012: 4 2013: 6 2014: 161 2015: 200 2016: 110 2017: 174 2018: 145 2019: 159 2020: 254 2021: 403 2022: 450 2023: 602 2024: 625 2025: 937 2026: 558
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YearRecords
18891
19051
19101
19111
19132
19144
19152
19227
19231
19241
19261
19271
19309
19318
193210
19333
19343
19367
19403
19411
19461
19471
19541
19581
19592
19633
19696
19703
19717
197218
19733
19743
197518
197613
197727
19782
19791
19808
198110
19822
198310
19844
19858
19863
19876
19881
19892
19902
199113
199228
1993117
19946
199519
1996325
1997455
1998275
199951
200011
200120
2002195
2003435
2004280
200576
2006133
200726
20089
200926
201048
20113
20124
20136
2014161
2015200
2016110
2017174
2018145
2019159
2020254
2021403
2022450
2023602
2024625
2025937
2026558
Australia · 7,657 New Zealand · 12 Papua New Guinea · 1
Australia 15/06/2026 · Tom Schneider · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Australia 15/06/2026 · C.Boden · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Australia 15/06/2026 · Pascale Jacq · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Australia 14/06/2026 · Noah Craven · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Australia 14/06/2026 · alisonkc · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Australia 14/06/2026 · Snow Dennis · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Australia 14/06/2026 · Nathan G · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Australia 13/06/2026 · Graham Armstrong · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Australia 12/06/2026 · Tom Schneider · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record
Australia 11/06/2026 · Bryani Bray · iNaturalist · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode · original record

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