Description
Plate Xll'.—HYMEXOPTERA. In Australian Insects by W.W. Froggatt, published in 1907. Image has been slightly modified to remove external features on other ants. Derives from this image.
Date 1907
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Author Froggatt, W. W.
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rhytidoponera_metallica_in_Australian_insects_Froggatt_1907.png

The green-head ant (Rhytidoponera metallica), also known as the green ant or metallic pony ant, is a species of ant that is endemic to Australia. It was described by British entomologist Frederick Smith in 1858 as a member of the genus Rhytidoponera in the subfamily Ectatomminae. Order: Hymenoptera, Family: Formicidae, Subfamily: Ectatomminae, Genus: Rhytidoponera, Species: Rhytidoponera metallica (Smith, 1858).
Synonyms:
Chalcoponera pulchra Clark, 1941
Ponera metallica F. Smith, 1858
Rhytidoponera caeciliae H. Viehmeyer, 1924
Rhytidoponera purpurascens Wheeler, W.M., 1915
Rhytidoponera varians Crawley, 1922