Checklist of Lioponera species

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Lioponera
Dorylinae
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Distribution
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Species Richness
Statistics
Valid Species 76
Invalid Species 26
Fossils 0
Countries Occupied 39
Year Described 1879
First Species Described 1879
Last Species Described 2019

The following species and subspecies belong to the genus Lioponera. Synonyms are listed under their senior names. For valid names only see Lioponera species and for distribution information see Lioponera species by Country.

A

aberrans (Clark, 1934) (Australia)
adama Forel, 1910 (Australia)
angustata (Clark, 1924) (Australia)
anokha Bharti & Akbar, 2013 (India)

B

bakeri (Wheeler, W.M. & Chapman, 1925) (Philippines)
bicolor (Clark, 1924) (Australia)
binodis Forel, 1910 (Australia)
bispinata (Chen & Zhou, 2016) (China)
braunsi (Emery, 1902) (South Africa)
braytoni (Weber, 1949) (Kenya)
brevicollis (Clark, 1924) (Australia)
brevis (Clark, 1924) (Australia)

C

clara (Clark, 1930) (Australia)
   • Phyracaces princeps Clark, 1934

clarki (Crawley, 1922) (Australia)
   • Phyracaces castaneus Clark, 1924

cohici (Wilson, 1957) (New Caledonia)
collingwoodi (Sharaf, 2007) (Egypt)
constricta (Clark, 1924) (Australia)
coxalis (Arnold, 1926) (Cameroun, Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe)
crassa (Clark, 1941) (Australia)

D

daikoku Terayama, 1996 (Japan)
decorsei (Santschi, 1912) (Chad)
desertorum (Dlussky, 1990) (Turkmenistan)
dumbletoni (Wilson, 1957) (New Caledonia)

E

elegans (Wheeler, W.M., 1918) (Australia)
emeryi Viehmeyer, 1914 (Australia)
   • Cerapachys aranus Bolton, 1995

F

fervida (Wheeler, W.M., 1918) (Australia)
   • Phyracaces dromus Clark, 1941
   • Phyracaces fici Viehmeyer, 1924
   • Phyracaces flavescens Clark, 1930
   • Phyracaces leae Wheeler, W.M., 1918
   • Phyracaces newmani Clark, 1924
   • Phyracaces scrutator Wheeler, W.M., 1918

ficosa (Wheeler, W.M., 1918) (Australia)
flammea (Clark, 1930) (Australia)
foreli (Santschi, 1914) (Cameroun, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya)
   • Phyracaces langi Wheeler, W.M., 1922
   • Phyracaces occipitalis Bernard, 1953
   • Phyracaces santschii Wheeler, W.M., 1922

G

gilesi (Clark, 1924) (Australia)
grandis (Clark, 1934) (Australia)
greavesi (Clark, 1934) (Australia)
gwynethae (Clark, 1941) (Australia)

H

heros (Wheeler, W.M., 1918) (Australia)
hewitti (Wheeler, W.M., 1919) (Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore)
huode (Terayama, 2009) (Taiwan)

I

inconspicua Clark, 1924 (Australia)
   • Cerapachys incontentus Brown, 1975

iovis Forel, 1915 (Australia)

K

kraepelinii Forel, 1895 (Madagascar)
krombeini (Donisthorpe, 1947) (New Guinea)

L

larvata (Wheeler, W.M., 1918) (Australia)
longitarsus (Mayr, 1879) (Australia, Bangladesh, China, Egypt, India, Israel, New Guinea, Pakistan, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, Vietnam)
   • Cerapachys aegyptiacus Brown, 1975
   • Lioponera alfierii Donisthorpe, 1939
   • Lioponera bicolor Wheeler, W.M. & Chapman Wheeler, W.M. & Chapman, 1925
   • Lioponera cooperi Donisthorpe, 1939
   • Lioponera longitarsus australis Forel, 1895
   • Phyracaces pygmaeus Clark, 1934

luzuriagae (Wheeler, W.M. & Chapman, 1925) (Philippines)

M

macrops (Clark, 1941) (Australia)
marginata Emery, 1897 (New Guinea)
mayri Forel, 1892 (Madagascar)
   • Cerapachys mayri brachynodus Forel, 1892

mjobergi Forel, 1915 (Australia)
mullewana (Wheeler, W.M., 1918) (Australia)

N

nayana Bharti & Akbar, 2013 (India)
neocaledonica Jouault, Ramage & Perrichot, 2019 (New Caledonia)
nigra (Santschi, 1914) (Kenya)
nigriventris (Clark, 1924) (Australia)
nkomoensis (Forel, 1916) (Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya)
   • Phyracaces cooperi congolensis Forel, 1916
   • Phyracaces eidmanni Menozzi, 1942

noctambula (Santschi, 1910) (Tunisia)

P

parva Forel, 1900 (India, Sri Lanka)
picipes (Clark, 1924) (Australia)
picta (Clark, 1934) (Australia)
piliventris (Clark, 1941) (Australia)
potteri (Clark, 1941) (Australia)
pruinosa Brown, 1975 (Philippines)
pubescens (Emery, 1902) (Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines)
punctatissima (Clark, 1924) (Australia)

R

reticulata (Clark, 1926) (Australia, Taiwan)
   • Cerapachys latus Brown, 1975

ruficornis (Clark, 1924) (Australia)
rugulinodis (Wheeler, W.M., 1918) (Australia)

S

senescens (Wheeler, W.M., 1918) (Australia)
similis Santschi, 1930 (Ivory Coast, Mali)
simmonsae (Clark, 1924) (Australia)
singaporensis (Viehmeyer, 1916) (Singapore)
singularis Forel, 1900 (Australia)
   • Cerapachys singularis rotula Forel, 1910

sjostedti Forel, 1915 (Australia)
suscitata (Viehmeyer, 1913) (Borneo, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Sulawesi, Vietnam)
   • Phyracaces hewitti Donisthorpe, 1931

T

turneri Forel, 1902 (Australia)

V

varians (Clark, 1924) (Australia)
versicolor (Donisthorpe, 1948) (New Guinea)
vespula (Weber, 1949) (Kenya, Uganda)
   • Phyracaces cooperi Arnold, 1915