Lioponera elegans

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Lioponera elegans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dorylinae
Genus: Lioponera
Species: L. elegans
Binomial name
Lioponera elegans
(Wheeler, W.M., 1918)

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Identification

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Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -33.6236° to -33.8652°.

 
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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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 elegans casent0915333 p 1 high.jpgCerapachys elegans casent0915333 h 1 high.jpgCerapachys elegans casent0915333 d 1 high.jpgCerapachys elegans casent0915333 l 1 high.jpg
Syntype of Phyracaces elegansWorker. Specimen code casent0915333. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MNHN, Paris, France.

Nomenclature

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

  • elegans. Phyracaces elegans Wheeler, W.M. 1918a: 254, fig. 13 (w.q.) AUSTRALIA (New South Wales).
    • Type-material: 40 syntype workers, 1 syntype queen.
    • Type-locality: Australia: New South Wales, Southerland, nr Sydney, 16.ix.1914 (W.M. Wheeler).
    • Type-depository: MCZC.
    • Combination in Cerapachys: Brown, 1975: 22;
    • combination in Lioponera: Borowiec, M.L. 2016: 163.
    • Status as species: Brown, 1975: 22; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 25; Taylor, 1987a: 17; Bolton, 1995b: 143; Heterick, 2009: 129.
    • Distribution: Australia.

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