Lioponera varians

Identification
Heterick (2009) - Lioponera varians is a large-eyed species, of variable colouration, with a dorsolateral carina curving towards the eye.

Distribution
Heterick (2009) - Specimens have mostly come from drier parts of the SWBP and the neighbouring Eremaean Botanical Province, in WA, but this species has also been recognised by the author among material collected from the Darling River region of NSW.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia.

Nomenclature

 *  varians. Phyracaces varians Clark, 1924b: 87, pl. 6, fig. 6 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Combination in Cerapachys: Brown, 1975: 24.

Syntype workers from Mount Helena (as Lion Mill), Western Australia.