Lioponera crassa
Lioponera crassa | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Dorylinae |
Genus: | Lioponera |
Species: | L. crassa |
Binomial name | |
Lioponera crassa (Clark, 1941) |
Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -34.76667° to -34.76667°.
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.
- crassa. Phyracaces crassus Clark, 1941: 74, pl. 13, fig. 1 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Victoria).
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- Type-locality: Australia: Victoria, Hattah (J. Calrk).
- Type-depository: MVMA.
- 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.
- Distribution: Australia.
Type Material
- Holotype, worker, Hattah, Victoria, Australia, Museum Victoria, Melbourne.
- Paratype, 3 workers, Hattah, Victoria, Australia, Clark,J., ANIC32-053478, Australian National Insect Collection.
Description
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)
- Clark, J. 1941b. Australian Formicidae. Notes and new species. Mem. Natl. Mus. Vic. 12: 71-94 (page 74, pl.13, fig. 1 worker described)