Lioponera clara

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Lioponera clara
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dorylinae
Genus: Lioponera
Species: L. clara
Binomial name
Lioponera clara
(Clark, 1930)

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Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -16.98333359° to -31.9°.

   
North
Temperate
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Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
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Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Australasian Region: Australia (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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.

  • clara. Phyracaces clarus Clark, 1930c: 3, fig. 1 (no. 2) (w.q.m.) AUSTRALIA (Western Australia).
    • Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated).
    • Type-localities: Australia: Western Australia, Cannington (D.L. Serventy), Mundaring (J. Clark), Kalamunda (J. Clark), and National Park (J. Clark).
    • Type-depository: MVMA.
    • Combination in Neophyracaces: Clark, 1941: 76;
    • combination in Lioponera: Borowiec, M.L. 2016: 163.
    • Synonym of princeps: Brown, 1975: 23, 65; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 27; Taylor, 1987a: 18; Bolton, 1995b: 144; Heterick, 2009: 127.
    • [Note: all these authors give princeps as senior synonym, but clara has priority. The error arose from Brown’s assumption that clara was a junior homonym, which is not the case.]
    • Status as species: Borowiec, M.L. 2016: 163.
    • Distribution: Australia.
  • princeps. Phyracaces princeps Clark, 1934b: 24, pl. 2, fig. 4 (w.) AUSTRALIA (South Australia).
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
    • Type-locality: Australia: South Australia, NE corner, Minnie Downs (no collector’s name, perhaps J. Clark?).
    • Type-depository: SAMA.
    • Combination in Cerapachys: Brown, 1975: 23.
    • Synonym of clara: Brown, 1975: 23, 65; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 27; Taylor, 1987a: 18; Bolton, 1995b: 144; Heterick, 2009: 127.
    • [Note: all these authors give princeps as senior synonym, but clara has priority. The error arose from Brown’s assumption that clara was a junior homonym, which is not the case.]
    • Distribution: Australia.

Type Material

  • Phyracaces clarus: Syntype, 1 queen, Cannington, Mundaring, Kalamunda or John Forrest Nat. Park, Western Australia, Australia, Museum of Comparative Zoology.
  • Phyracaces clarus: Syntype, worker(s), queen(s), male(s), Cannington, Mundaring, Kalamunda and John Forrest Nat. Park (as National Park), Western Australia, Australia, Museum Victoria, Melbourne.
  • Phyracaces princeps: Syntype, 4 workers, Minnie Downs, South Australia, Australia, Museum of Comparative Zoology.
  • Phyracaces princeps: Syntype, worker(s), Minnie Downs, South Australia, Australia, South Australian Museum.

Description

References

454–466.