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Lioponera larvata
| Lioponera larvata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dorylinae |
| Genus: | Lioponera |
| Species: | L. larvata |
| Binomial name | |
| Lioponera larvata (Wheeler, W.M., 1918)
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -33.71527° to -41.35°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia (type locality).
Distribution based on AntMaps
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
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- larvata. Phyracaces larvatus Wheeler, W.M. 1918a: 257, fig. 15 (w.) AUSTRALIA (New South Wales).
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated, “numerous specimens from a single colony”).
- Type-locality: Australia: New South Wales, Blue Mts, Katoomba, 19.ix.1914 (W.M. Wheeler).
- Type-depository: MCZC.
- Clark, 1924b: 83 (q.m.); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1964a: 69 (l.).
- Combination in Cerapachys: Brown, 1975: 23;
- combination in Lioponera: Borowiec, M.L. 2016: 164.
- Status as species: Clark, 1924b: 83; Clark, 1925a: 63; Brown, 1975: 23; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 26; Taylor, 1987a: 18; Bolton, 1995b: 143.
- Distribution: Australia.
Type Material
- Syntype, 6 workers, Katoomba, New South Wales, Australia, Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History.
- Syntype, 9 workers, Katoomba, New South Wales, Australia, Museum of Comparative Zoology.
- Syntype, 3 workers, Katoomba, New South Wales, Australia, South Australian Museum.
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 143, catalogue)
- Borowiec, M.L. 2016. Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dorylinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 608: 1-280 (doi: 10.3897/zookeys.608.9427).
- 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: 1-115 (page 23, Combination in Cerapachys)
- Clark, J. 1924b. Australian Formicidae. J. Proc. R. Soc. West. Aust. 10: 75-89 (page 83, queen, male described)
- Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1964a. The ant larvae of the subfamily Cerapachyinae: supplement. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 66: 65-71 (page 69, larva described)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1918a. The Australian ants of the ponerine tribe Cerapachyini. Proc. Am. Acad. Arts Sci. 53: 215-265 (page 257, worker described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- CSIRO Collection
- Clark J. 1925. The ants of Victoria. Part I. Victorian Naturalist (Melbourne) 42:58-64.
- Robson Simon Ant Collection, 05-Sept-2014
- Taylor R. W. 1987. A checklist of the ants of Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization) Division of Entomology Report 41: 1-92.
- Taylor R. W., and D. R. Brown. 1985. Formicoidea. Zoological Catalogue of Australia 2: 1-149.
- Ward P. S., and D. A. Downie. 2005. The ant subfamily Pseudomyrmecinae: phylogeny and evolution of big-eyed arboreal ants. Systematic Entomology 30: 310-335.