Lioponera binodis

Lioponera binodis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dorylinae
Genus:	Lioponera
Species:	L. binodis
Binomial name
Lioponera binodis Forel, 1910 Specimen Labels

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -16.80999947° to -17.28333333°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

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.

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.

Castes

Images from AntWeb

Syntype of Cerapachys binodis. Worker. Specimen code casent0907061. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland.

Nomenclature

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

• binodis. Cerapachys (Phyracaces) binodis Forel, 1910b: 20 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Queensland).
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-locality: Australia: Queensland, Kuranda, nr Cairns (R. Turner).
  • Type-depositories: ANIC, MHNG.
  • Combination in Phyracaces: Emery, 1911d: 11;
  • combination in Cerapachys: Brown, 1975: 22;
  • combination in Lioponera: Borowiec, M.L. 2016: 163.
  • Status as species: Emery, 1911d: 11; Wheeler, W.M. 1918a: 261 (redescription); Brown, 1975: 22, 67; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 24; Taylor, 1987a: 17; Bolton, 1995b: 142.
  • Distribution: Australia.

Type Material

• Syntype, 1 worker, Kuranda near Cairns, Queensland, Australia, Turner, ANIC32-053462, Australian National Insect Collection.
• Syntype, 1 worker, Kuranda near Cairns, Queensland, Australia, Museum of Comparative Zoology.

References

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 142, 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 Agric. (Ithaca N. Y.) 5(1 1: 1-115 (page 22, Combination in Cerapachys)
• Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118: 1-125 (page 11, Combination in Phyracaces)
• Forel, A. 1910b. Formicides australiens reçus de MM. Froggatt et Rowland Turner. Rev. Suisse Zool. 18: 1-94 (page 20, worker described)
• Wheeler, W. M. 1918a. The Australian ants of the ponerine tribe Cerapachyini. Proc. Am. Acad. Arts Sci. 53: 215-265 (page 261, see also)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Emery C. 1911. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118: 1-125.