Lioponera fervida

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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)

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Specimen Labels

Synonyms

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

Distribution

Widespread throughout Australia.

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -16.91667° to -31.9°.

   
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Australasian Region: Australia (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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.
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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.
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Biology

Castes

Worker

Images from AntWeb

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Syntype of Phyracaces newmaniWorker. 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

Description

References

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.