Lioponera flammea

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Lioponera flammea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dorylinae
Genus: Lioponera
Species: L. flammea
Binomial name
Lioponera flammea
(Clark, 1930)

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Specimen Labels

Large reddish ants that are can be conspicuous in the field as they run over the ground, rapidly antennating the soil surface in search of their prey. (Heterick 2009)

Identification

Heterick (2009) - Not known to occur outside of WA but likely to have a wide distribution throughout the state, judging from local material. Occurs at least as far north as the Pilbara region.

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -16.3895° 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

Nomenclature

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

  • flammea. Phyracaces flammeus Clark, 1930c: 4, fig. 1 (no. 3) (w.q.) AUSTRALIA (Western Australia).
    • Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated).
    • Type-localities: Australia: Western Australia, Lesmurdie Falls (J. Clark).
    • 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: 25; Taylor, 1987a: 17; Bolton, 1995b: 143; Heterick, 2009: 127.
    • Distribution: Australia.

Type Material

Description

References

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