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Lioponera turneri
| Lioponera turneri | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dorylinae |
| Genus: | Lioponera |
| Species: | L. turneri |
| Binomial name | |
| Lioponera turneri Forel, 1902
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -17.25° to -21.15°.
| 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. |
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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
Images from AntWeb
   
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| Worker. Specimen code casent0249305. Photographer Estella Ortega, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by PSWC, Philip S. Ward Collection. |
   
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| Worker. Specimen code casent0249306. Photographer Estella Ortega, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by PSWC, Philip S. Ward Collection. |
   
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| Syntype of Cerapachys turneri. Worker. Specimen code casent0902762. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by NHMUK, London, UK. |
   
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| Syntype of Cerapachys turneri. Worker. Specimen code casent0907067. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- turneri. Cerapachys (Phyracaces) turneri Forel, 1902h: 405 (w.q.) AUSTRALIA (Queensland).
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated), 1 syntype queen.
- Type-locality: Australia: Queensland, Mackay (G. Turner).
- Type-depositories: ANIC, MHNG.
- Combination in Phyracaces: Emery, 1911d: 11;
- combination in Cerapachys: Brown, 1975: 23;
- combination in Lioponera: Borowiec, M.L. 2016: 164.
- Status as species: Emery, 1911d: 11; Wheeler, W.M. 1918a: 256 (redescription); Brown, 1975: 23; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 28; Taylor, 1987a: 19; Bolton, 1995b: 145.
- Distribution: Australia.
Type Material
- Syntype, 1 worker, Mackay, Queensland, Australia, Australian National Insect Collection.
- Syntype, worker(s), queen(s), Mackay, Queensland, Australia, Musee d'Histoire Naturelle Genève.
Description
References
- Borowiec, M.L. 2016. Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dorylinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 608: 1-280 (doi:10.3897/zookeys.608.9427).
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 145, catalogue)
- 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)
- Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118: 1-125 (page 11, Combination in Phyracaces)
- Forel, A. 1902j. Fourmis nouvelles d'Australie. Rev. Suisse Zool. 10: 405-548 (page 405, worker, queen described)
- Heterick, B.E. 2022. A guide to the ants of Western Australia. Part II: Distribution and biology. Records of the Western Australian Museum, supplement 86: 247-510 (doi:10.18195/issn.0313-122x.86.2022.247-510).
- Wheeler, W. M. 1918a. The Australian ants of the ponerine tribe Cerapachyini. Proc. Am. Acad. Arts Sci. 53: 215-265 (page 256, see also)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Andersen A. N., J. C. Z. Woinarski, and B. Hoffman. 2004. Biogeography of the ant fauna of the Tiwi Islands, in northern Australia's moonsoonal tropics. Australian Journal of Zoology 52: 97-110.
- Andersen, Alan N., John C.Z. Woinarski and Ben D. Hoffman. 2004. Biogeography of the ant fauna of the Tiwi Islands, in northern Australia's monsoonal tropics. Australian Journal of Zoology 52: 97-110.