Lioponera brevis

Lioponera brevis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dorylinae
Genus:	Lioponera
Species:	L. brevis
Binomial name
	Lioponera brevis; (Clark, 1924) Specimen Labels

Identification

Heterick (2009) - The taxonomic boundaries of the minute Lioponera brevis, found in, at least, WA and the NT, are unclear. Some forms have a distinctive yellow petiolar node that contrasts with the darker abdominal segment III, but the former feature is variable in colour. The morphology, however, is relatively uniform.

Keys including this Species

Key to Lioponera of the southwestern Australian Botanical Province

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -22.408° to -31.87444°.


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.

Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

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

brevis. Phyracaces brevis Clark, 1924b: 78, pl. 6, fig. 5 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Western Australia).
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: Australia: Western Australia, Hovea (J. Clark).
- Type-depository: MVMA.
- Imai, Crozier & Taylor, 1977: 348 (k.).
- Combination in Cerapachys: Brown, 1975: 22;
- combination in Lioponera: Borowiec, M.L. 2016: 163.
- Status as species: Brown, 1975: 22; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 24; Taylor, 1987a: 17; Bolton, 1995b: 142; Heterick, 2009: 129.
- Distribution: Australia.

Type Material

Syntype, 1 worker, Hovea, Western Australia, Australia, Australian Museum.
Syntype, 9 workers, Hovea, Western Australia, Australia, Clark,J., ANIC32-053477, Australian National Insect Collection.
Syntype, 1 worker, Hovea, Western Australia, Australia, Museum of Comparative Zoology.
Syntype, 1 worker, Hovea, Western Australia, Australia, Museum Victoria, Melbourne.
Syntype, 3 workers, Hovea, Western Australia, Australia, Queensland Museum.
Syntype, 2 workers, Hovea, Western Australia, Australia, South Australian Museum.
Syntype, 2 workers, Hovea, Western Australia, Australia, Western Australian Museum.

Description

Karyotype

See additional details at the Ant Chromosome Database.

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n = 23, 2n = 46 (Australia) (Imai et al., 1977) (as Cerapachys brevis).

References

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)
Clark, J. 1924b. Australian Formicidae. J. Proc. R. Soc. West. Aust. 10: 75-89 (page 78, pl.6, fig. 5 worker described)
Heterick, B. E. 2009. A guide to the ants of South-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 76:1-206.
Heterick, B.E. 2021. A guide to the ants of Western Australia. Part I: Systematics. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 86, 1-245 (doi:10.18195/issn.0313-122x.86.2021.001-245).
Heterick, B.E. 2022. A guide to the ants of Western Australia. Part II: Distribution and biology. Records of the Western Australian Museum, supplement 86: 247-510 (doi:10.18195/issn.0313-122x.86.2022.247-510).
Imai, H. T.; Crozier, R. H.; Taylor, R. W. 1977. Karyotype evolution in Australian ants. Chromosoma (Berl.) 59: 341-393 (page 348, karyotype described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

Andersen, Alan N., John C.Z. Woinarski and Ben D. Hoffman. 2004. Biogeography of the ant fauna of the Tiwi Islands, in northern Australia's monsoonal tropics. Australian Journal of Zoology 52: 97-110.