Lioponera vespula

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Kenya, Uganda.

Nomenclature

 * . Phyracaces vespula Weber, 1949a: 5, fig. 5 (w.) KENYA.
 * Type-material: holotype worker, 1 paratype worker.
 * Type-locality: holotype Kenya: central Kavirondo, 5000 ft, 17.ii.1948 (N.A. Weber); paratype with same data.
 * Type-depository: AMNH.
 * Combination in Cerapachys: Brown, 1975: 24;
 * combination in Lioponera: Borowiec, M.L. 2016: 164.
 * Status as species: Brown, 1975: 24, 61; Bolton, 1995b: 145; Hita Garcia, et al. 2013: 201.
 * Senior synonym of cooperi Arnold: Brown, 1975: 24; Bolton, 1995b: 145.
 * Distribution: Kenya, South Africa.
 * cooperi. Phyracaces cooperi Arnold, 1915: 18 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA.
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: South Africa: Durban, Umgeni (C.B. Cooper).
 * Type-depositories: BMNH, SAMC.
 * Arnold, 1948: 213 (q.).
 * Status as species: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 756; Arnold, 1948: 213.
 * Junior synonym of vespula: Brown, 1975: 24; Bolton, 1995b: 142.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Arnold G. 1915. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part I. Ponerinae, Dorylinae. Annals of the South African Museum 14: 1-159.
 * Arnold G. 1948. New species of African Hymenoptera. No. 8. Occasional Papers of the National Museum of Southern Rhodesia 2: 213-250.
 * Hita Garcia F., E. Wiesel, G. Fischer. 2013. The ants of Kenya (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)faunal overview, first species checklist, bibliography, accounts for all genera, and discussion on taxonomy and zoogeography. Journal of East African Natural History 101: 127-222.
 * Weber N. A. 1949. New African ants of the genera Cerapachys, Phryacaces, and Simopone. American Museum Novitates 1396: 1-9.