Lioponera picipes
Lioponera picipes | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Dorylinae |
Genus: | Lioponera |
Species: | L. picipes |
Binomial name | |
Lioponera picipes (Clark, 1924) |
Identification
Heterick (2009) - Lioponera picipes is notable in that the lateral margins of the node converge strongly.
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -31.19152° to -31.64194°.
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. |
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. |
Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- picipes. Phyracaces picipes Clark, 1924b: 86, pl. 6, fig. 8 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Western Australia).
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated, “several”).
- Type-locality: Australia: Western Australia, Tammin (J. Clark).
- Type-depository: MVMA.
- Combination in Cerapachys: Brown, 1975: 23;
- combination in Lioponera: Borowiec, M.L. 2016: 164.
- Status as species: Brown, 1975: 23; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 27; Taylor, 1987a: 18; Bolton, 1995b: 144; Heterick, 2009: 126.
- Distribution: Australia.
Type Material
- Syntype, 1 worker, Tammin, Western Australia, Australia, Australian Museum.
- Syntype, 1 worker, Tammin, Western Australia, Australia, Australian National Insect Collection.
- Syntype, 3 workers, Tammin, Western Australia, Australia, Museum of Comparative Zoology.
- Syntype, worker(s), Tammin, Western Australia, Australia, Museum Victoria, Melbourne.
- Syntype, 1 worker, Tammin, Western Australia, Australia, South Australian Museum.
- Syntype, 1 worker, Tammin, Western Australia, Australia, Western Australian Museum.
Description
References
- 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 86, pl.6, fig.8 worker described)
- [[Media:Heterick 2009b.pdf|Heterick, B. E. 2009. A guide to the ants of South-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 76*Heterick, B.E. 2021. A guide to the ants of Western Australia. Part I: Systematics. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 86, 1-245 (doi:10.18195/issn.0313-122x.86.2021.001-245).
- Heterick, B.E. 2022. A guide to the ants of Western Australia. Part II: Distribution and biology. Records of the Western Australian Museum, supplement 86: 247-510 (doi:10.18195/issn.0313-122x.86.2022.247-510).
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