Lioponera kraepelinii

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Lioponera kraepelinii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dorylinae
Genus: Lioponera
Species: L. kraepelinii
Binomial name
Lioponera kraepelinii
Forel, 1895

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Specimen labels

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Malagasy Region: Madagascar (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Countries Occupied

Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.
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Estimated Abundance

Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species.
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Biology

Castes

Images from AntWeb

Cerapachys kraepelinii casent0101733 head 1.jpgCerapachys kraepelinii casent0101733 profile 1.jpgCerapachys kraepelinii casent0101733 dorsal 1.jpgCerapachys kraepelinii casent0101733 label 1.jpg
Syntype of Cerapachys kraepeliniiWorker. Specimen code casent0101733. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland.
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Syntype of Cerapachys kraepeliniiWorker. Specimen code casent0101916. Photographer April Nobile, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • kraepelinii. Cerapachys kraepelinii Forel, 1895c: 246 (w.) MADAGASCAR.
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
    • Type-locality: Madagascar: Moramanga (Sikora).
    • Type-depository: MHNG.
    • Combination in Phyracaces: Emery, 1902c: 24;
    • combination in Cerapachys: Brown, 1975: 23;
    • combination in Lioponera: Borowiec, M.L. 2016: 164.
    • Status as species: Emery, 1911d: 11; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 1005; Brown, 1975: 23; Bolton, 1995b: 143.
    • Distribution: Madagascar.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Brown W. L., Jr. 1975. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. V. Ponerinae, tribes Platythyreini, Cerapachyini, Cylindromyrmecini, Acanthostichini, and Aenictogitini. Search Agric. (Ithaca N. Y.) 5(1): 1-115.
  • Emery C. 1911. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118: 1-125.
  • Fisher B. L. 1997. Biogeography and ecology of the ant fauna of Madagascar (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Natural History 31: 269-302.
  • Fisher B. L. 2003. Formicidae, ants. Pp. 811-819 in: Goodman, S. M.; Benstead, J. P. (eds.) 2003. The natural history of Madagascar. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, xxi + 1709 pp.