Lioponera clara

Lioponera clara
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dorylinae
Genus:	Lioponera
Species:	L. clara
Binomial name
Lioponera clara (Clark, 1930) Specimen labels
Synonyms
Phyracaces princeps Clark, 1934

Identification

Keys including this Species

• Key to Lioponera of the southwestern Australian Botanical Province

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -16.98333359° to -31.9°.

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.

Nomenclature

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

• clara. Phyracaces clarus Clark, 1930c: 3, fig. 1 (no. 2) (w.q.m.) AUSTRALIA (Western Australia).
  • Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated).
  • Type-localities: Australia: Western Australia, Cannington (D.L. Serventy), Mundaring (J. Clark), Kalamunda (J. Clark), and National Park (J. Clark).
  • Type-depository: MVMA.
  • Combination in Neophyracaces: Clark, 1941: 76;
  • combination in Lioponera: Borowiec, M.L. 2016: 163.
  • Synonym of princeps: Brown, 1975: 23, 65; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 27; Taylor, 1987a: 18; Bolton, 1995b: 144; Heterick, 2009: 127.
  • [Note: all these authors give princeps as senior synonym, but clara has priority. The error arose from Brown’s assumption that clara was a junior homonym, which is not the case.]
  • Status as species: Borowiec, M.L. 2016: 163.
  • Distribution: Australia.
• princeps. Phyracaces princeps Clark, 1934b: 24, pl. 2, fig. 4 (w.) AUSTRALIA (South Australia).
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-locality: Australia: South Australia, NE corner, Minnie Downs (no collector’s name, perhaps J. Clark?).
  • Type-depository: SAMA.
  • Combination in Cerapachys: Brown, 1975: 23.
  • Synonym of clara: Brown, 1975: 23, 65; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 27; Taylor, 1987a: 18; Bolton, 1995b: 144; Heterick, 2009: 127.
  • [Note: all these authors give princeps as senior synonym, but clara has priority. The error arose from Brown’s assumption that clara was a junior homonym, which is not the case.]
  • Distribution: Australia.

Type Material

• Phyracaces clarus: Syntype, 1 queen, Cannington, Mundaring, Kalamunda or John Forrest Nat. Park, Western Australia, Australia, Museum of Comparative Zoology.
• Phyracaces clarus: Syntype, worker(s), queen(s), male(s), Cannington, Mundaring, Kalamunda and John Forrest Nat. Park (as National Park), Western Australia, Australia, Museum Victoria, Melbourne.
• Phyracaces princeps: Syntype, 4 workers, Minnie Downs, South Australia, Australia, Museum of Comparative Zoology.
• Phyracaces princeps: Syntype, worker(s), Minnie Downs, South Australia, Australia, South Australian Museum.

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 144, catalogue)
• 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 71, Combination in Cerapachys, junior synonym of clarus Clark, and hence first available replacement name)
• Clark, J. (1930). New Formicidae, with notes on some little-known species. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria. (n.s.) 43: 2–25.
• Clark, J. (1941). Australian Formicidae. Notes and new species. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria. 12: 71–94.
• Clark, J. 1934b. New Australian ants. Mem. Natl. Mus. Vic. 8: 21-47 (page 24, pl.2, fig.4 worker described)
• Forel, A. (1893). Nouvelles fourmis d'Australie et des Canaries. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 37:*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).

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