Lioponera senescens

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

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -28.54694° to -37.68521°.

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

Images from AntWeb

Syntype of Phyracaces senescens. Worker. Specimen code casent0915334. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by MNHN, Paris, France.

Nomenclature

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

• senescens. Phyracaces senescens Wheeler, W.M. 1918a: 259, fig. 16 (w.) AUSTRALIA (New South Wales).
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated, “numerous ”).
  • Type-locality: Australia: New South Wales, Salisbury Court, nr Uralla, 26.xi.1914 (W.M. Wheeler).
  • Type-depository: MCZC.
  • Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1964a: 70 (l.).
  • Combination in Cerapachys: Brown, 1975: 23;
  • combination in Lioponera: Borowiec, M.L. 2016: 164.
  • Status as species: Clark, 1924b: 87; Clark, 1925a: 64; Brown, 1975: 23; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 27; Taylor, 1987a: 19; Bolton, 1995b: 144.
  • Distribution: Australia.

Type Material

• Syntype, 3 workers, Salisbury Court near Uralla, New South Wales, Australia, Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History.
• Syntype, 6 workers, Salisbury Court near Uralla, New South Wales, Australia, Museum of Comparative Zoology.
• Syntype, 2 workers, Salisbury Court near Uralla, New South Wales, Australia, South Australian Museum.

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 Agric. (Ithaca N. Y.) 5(1 1: 1-115 (page 23, Combination in Cerapachys)
• Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1964a. The ant larvae of the subfamily Cerapachyinae: supplement. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 66: 65-71 (page 70, larva described)
• Wheeler, W. M. 1918a. The Australian ants of the ponerine tribe Cerapachyini. Proc. Am. Acad. Arts Sci. 53: 215-265 (page 259, fig. 16 worker described)