Lioponera fervida

Lioponera fervida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dorylinae
Genus:	Lioponera
Species:	L. fervida
Binomial name
Lioponera fervida (Wheeler, W.M., 1918) Specimen Labels
Synonyms
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

Specimens referrable to this species are not uncommon in drier areas of the SWBP (Heterick 2009).

Identification

Heterick (2009) - A smaller, rather variable reddish species (Brown 1975).

Keys including this Species

• Key to Lioponera of the southwestern Australian Botanical Province

Distribution

Widespread throughout Australia.

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -16.91667° 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.

Castes

Worker

Images from AntWeb

Syntype of Phyracaces newmani. Worker. Specimen code casent0902761. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by NHMUK, London, UK.

Nomenclature

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

• fervida. Phyracaces fervidus Wheeler, W.M. 1918a: 245, fig. 9 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Queensland).
  • Type-material: 19 syntype workers.
  • Type-locality: Australia: Queensland, Cairns, 18.x.1914 (W.M. Wheeler).
  • Type-depository: MCZC.
  • Combination in Cerapachys: Brown, 1975: 22;
  • combination in Lioponera: Borowiec, M.L. 2016: 163.
  • Status as species: Brown, 1975: 22, 65; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 25; Taylor, 1987a: 17; Bolton, 1995b: 143; Heterick, 2009: 128.
  • Senior synonym of dromus: Brown, 1975: 22; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 25; Taylor, 1987a: 17; Bolton, 1995b: 143.
  • Senior synonym of fici: Brown, 1975: 22; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 25; Taylor, 1987a: 17; Bolton, 1995b: 143.
  • Senior synonym of flavescens: Brown, 1975: 22; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 25; Taylor, 1987a: 17; Bolton, 1995b: 143.
  • Senior synonym of leae: Brown, 1975: 22; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 25; Taylor, 1987a: 17; Bolton, 1995b: 143.
  • Senior synonym of newmani: Brown, 1975: 22; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 25; Taylor, 1987a: 17; Bolton, 1995b: 143.
  • Senior synonym of scrutator: Brown, 1975: 22; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 25; Taylor, 1987a: 17; Bolton, 1995b: 143.
  • Distribution: Australia.
• dromus. Phyracaces dromus Clark, 1941: 75, pl. 13, figs. 2, 3 (w.q.) AUSTRALIA (Victoria).
  • Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated, “a small colony”).
  • Type-locality: Australia: Victoria, Patho (H.A. Potter).
  • Type-depository: MVMA.
  • Junior synonym of fervida: Brown, 1975: 22; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 25; Taylor, 1987a: 17; Bolton, 1995b: 143.
• fici. Phyracaces fici Viehmeyer, 1924a: 222 (w.q.) AUSTRALIA (New South Wales).
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated), 1 syntype ergatoid queen.
  • Type-locality: Australia: New South Wales, Trial Bay (H. Overbeck).
  • Type-depositories: MNHU, USNM.
  • Junior synonym of fervida: Brown, 1975: 22; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 25; Taylor, 1987a: 17; Bolton, 1995b: 143.
• flavescens. Phyracaces flavescens Clark, 1930c: 5, fig. 1 (no. 4) (w.q.) AUSTRALIA (Western Australia).
  • Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated).
  • Type-localities: Australia: Western Australia, Eradu (J. Clark).
  • Type-depository: MVMA.
  • Junior synonym of fervida: Brown, 1975: 22; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 25; Taylor, 1987a: 17; Bolton, 1995b: 143.
• leae. Phyracaces leae Wheeler, W.M. 1918a: 243, fig. 8 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Queensland).
  • Type-material: holotype worker.
  • Type-locality: Australia: Queensland, Townsville (F.P. Dodd).
  • Type-depository: SAMA.
  • Junior synonym of fervida: Brown, 1975: 22; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 25; Taylor, 1987a: 17; Bolton, 1995b: 143.
• newmani. Phyracaces newmani Clark, 1924a: 82, fig. 7 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Western Australia).
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated, “many”).
  • Type-locality: Australia: Western Australia, Mundaring (J. Clark).
  • Type-depositories: MCZC, MVMA, NHMB.
  • Clark, 1924b: 84 (q.).
  • Status as species: Clark, 1924b: 84.
  • Junior synonym of fervida: Brown, 1975: 22; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 25; Taylor, 1987a: 17; Bolton, 1995b: 144.
• scrutator. Phyracaces scrutator Wheeler, W.M. 1918a: 247, fig. 10 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Queensland).
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated, “several”).
  • Type-locality: Australia: Queensland, Toowong, nr Brisbane, 10.xi.1914 (W.M. Wheeler).
  • Type-depository: MCZC.
  • Junior synonym of fervida: Brown, 1975: 22; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 25; Taylor, 1987a: 17; Bolton, 1995b: 144.

Type Material

• Phyracaces dromus Clark, 1941: Syntype, 3 workers, Patho, Victoria, Australia, Museum of Comparative Zoology.
• Phyracaces dromus Clark, 1941: Syntype, worker(s), queen, Patho, Victoria, Australia, Museum Victoria, Melbourne.
• Phyracaces fervidus Wheeler, 1918: Syntype, 3 workers, Cairns, Queensland, Australia, Australian Museum.
• Phyracaces fervidus Wheeler, 1918: Syntype, 6 workers, Cairns, Queensland, Australia, Museum of Comparative Zoology.
• Phyracaces fici Viehmeyer, 1924: Syntype, worker(s), queen(s), Trial Bay, New South Wales, Australia, Berlin Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universität.
• Phyracaces flavescens Clark, 1930: Syntype, 4 workers, Eradu, Western Australia, Australia, Museum of Comparative Zoology.
• Phyracaces flavescens Clark, 1930: Syntype, worker(s), queen(s), Eradu, Western Australia, Australia, Museum Victoria, Melbourne.
• Phyracaces leae Wheeler, 1918: Syntype, worker(s), Townsville, Queensland, Australia, South Australian Museum.
• Phyracaces newmani Clark, 1923: Syntype, 1 worker, Bungulla, Western Australia, Australia, Australian Museum.
• Phyracaces newmani Clark, 1923: Syntype, 1 worker, Mundaring, Western Australia, Australia, Australian National Insect Collection.
• Phyracaces newmani Clark, 1923: Syntype, 3 workers, Bungulla or Mundaring, Western Australia, Australia, Museum of Comparative Zoology.
• Phyracaces newmani Clark, 1923: Syntype, worker(s), Mundaring, Western Australia, Australia, Museum Victoria, Melbourne.
• Phyracaces newmani Clark, 1923: Syntype, 2 workers, Mundaring, Western Australia, Australia, Western Australian Museum.
• Phyracaces scrutator Wheeler, 1918: Syntype, 2 workers, Toowong near Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History.
• Phyracaces scrutator Wheeler, 1918: Syntype, 7 workers, Toowong near Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Museum of Comparative Zoology.

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. Agriculture (Ithaca, New York), 5(1): 1–115.
• Clark, J. (1923). Australian Formicidae. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia, 9: 72–89.
• 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.F]]
• 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).
• Viehmeyer, H. (1924). Formiciden der australischen Faunenregion. Entomologische Mitteilungen. Berlin-Dahlem, 13: 219–229.
• Wheeler, W. M. (1918). The Australian ants of the ponerine tribe Cerapachyini. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 53: 215–265.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• 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): 1-115.