Lioponera vespula
Lioponera vespula | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Dorylinae |
Genus: | Lioponera |
Species: | L. vespula |
Binomial name | |
Lioponera vespula (Weber, 1949) | |
Synonyms | |
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Identification
Keys including this Species
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -0.317° to -29.81667°.
North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Kenya (type locality), Uganda.
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.
- vespula. Phyracaces vespula Weber, 1949a: 5, fig. 5 (w.) KENYA.
- Type-material: holotype worker, 1 paratype worker.
- Type-locality: holotype Kenya: central Kavirondo, 5000 ft, 17.ii.1948 (N.A. Weber); paratype with same data.
- Type-depository: AMNH.
- Combination in Cerapachys: Brown, 1975: 24;
- combination in Lioponera: Borowiec, M.L. 2016: 164.
- Status as species: Brown, 1975: 24, 61; Bolton, 1995b: 145; Hita Garcia, et al. 2013: 201.
- Senior synonym of cooperi Arnold: Brown, 1975: 24; Bolton, 1995b: 145.
- Distribution: Kenya, South Africa.
- cooperi. Phyracaces cooperi Arnold, 1915: 18 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA.
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: South Africa: Durban, Umgeni (C.B. Cooper).
- Type-depositories: BMNH, SAMC.
- Arnold, 1948: 213 (q.).
- Status as species: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 756; Arnold, 1948: 213.
- Junior synonym of vespula: Brown, 1975: 24; Bolton, 1995b: 142.
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).
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 145, catalogue)
- Borowiec, M.L. 2019. Convergent evolution of the army ant syndrome and congruence in big-data phylogenetics. Systematic Biology 68, 642–656 (doi:10.1093/sysbio/syy088).
- 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 24, Combination in Cerapachys, and senior synonym of cooperi)
- Weber, N. A. 1949b. New ponerine ants from equatorial Africa. American Museum Novitates 1398: 1-9 (page 5, fig. 5 worker described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Arnold G. 1915. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part I. Ponerinae, Dorylinae. Annals of the South African Museum 14: 1-159.
- Arnold G. 1948. New species of African Hymenoptera. No. 8. Occasional Papers of the National Museum of Southern Rhodesia 2: 213-250.
- Hita Garcia F., E. Wiesel, G. Fischer. 2013. The ants of Kenya (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)faunal overview, first species checklist, bibliography, accounts for all genera, and discussion on taxonomy and zoogeography. Journal of East African Natural History 101: 127-222.
- Weber N. A. 1949. New African ants of the genera Cerapachys, Phryacaces, and Simopone. American Museum Novitates 1396: 1-9.