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Lioponera emeryi
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dorylinae |
| Genus: | Lioponera |
| Species: | L. emeryi |
| Binomial name | |
| Lioponera emeryi Viehmeyer, 1914
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Identification
Distribution
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.
- emeryi. Phyracaces emeryi Viehmeyer, 1914b: 26 (w.) AUSTRALIA (South Australia).
- Type-material: holotype worker.
- Type-locality: Australia: South Australia, Killalpaninna (no collector’s name).
- Type-depository: MNHU.
- Combination in Cerapachys: Brown, 1975: 22;
- combination in Lioponera: Borowiec, M.L. 2016: 163.
- Status as species: Wheeler, W.M. 1918a: 243; Brown, 1975: 22; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 25; Taylor, 1987a: 17.
- Senior synonym of aranus (unnecessary replacement name).
- Distribution: Australia.
- aranus. Cerapachys aranus Bolton, 1995b: 142.
- Unnecessary replacement name for Phyracaces emeryi Viehmeyer, 1914b: 26; hence junior synonym of emeryi.
Type Material
- Holotype, worker, Killalpaninna, South Australia, Australia, Berlin Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universität.
Description
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 142, New Name: Replacement name for emeryi Viehmeyer, 1914:26.; 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. Agriculture (Ithaca, New York), 5(1): 1–115.
- Forel, A. 1893f. Nouvelles fourmis d'Australie et des Canaries. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 37: 454-466 (page 461, Junior secondary homonym of emeryi)
- Viehmeyer, H. 1914b [1913]. Neue und unvollständig bekannte Ameisen der alten Welt. Arch. Naturgesch. (A)79(1 12: 24-60 (page 26, emeryi replaced, see Bolton,1995:142.)