Lioponera rugulinodis

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

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Identification

Distribution

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

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Nomenclature

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

  • rugulinodis. Phyracaces rugulinodis Wheeler, W.M. 1918a: 249, fig. 11 (m.) AUSTRALIA (South Australia).
    • Type-material: lectotype male (by designation of Brown, 1975: 65).
    • Type-locality: Australia: South Australia, Murat Bay (no collector’s name).
    • Type-depository: MCZC.
    • [Note: a second original syntype male mentioned by Wheeler is from South Australia, Ardrossan (J.G.O. Tepper), and should be in SAMA.]
    • Combination in Cerapachys: Brown, 1975: 23;
    • combination in Lioponera: Borowiec, M.L. 2016: 164.
    • Status as species: Brown, 1975: 23, 65; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 27; Taylor, 1987a: 18; Bolton, 1995b: 144.
    • Distribution: Australia.

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