Lioponera grandis

Lioponera grandis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dorylinae
Genus:	Lioponera
Species:	L. grandis
Binomial name
Lioponera grandis (Clark, 1934)

Distribution

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.

• grandis. Phyracaces grandis Clark, 1934b: 22, pl. 2, fig. 2 (w.) AUSTRALIA (South Australia).
  • Type-material: holotype (?) worker.
  • [Note: no indication of number of specimens is given.]
  • Type-locality: Australia: South Australia (no collector’s name, perhaps J. Clark?).
  • Type-depositories: BMNH, MVMA.
  • [Note: Clark says, “Type in British Museum (F. Smith collection)”, but Taylor & Brown, 1985: 25 report syntypes in 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: 18; Bolton, 1995b: 143.
  • Distribution: Australia.

Type Material

• Phyracaces grandis Clark, 1934: Syntype, worker(s), South Australia, Australia, Museum Victoria, Melbourne.

References

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 143, 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. 1934b. New Australian ants. Mem. Natl. Mus. Vic. 8: 21-47 (page 22, pl.2, fig. 2 worker described)