Lioponera mayri

Brown (1975) - I can add observations on Lioponera mayri and Lividopone livida in the rain forest of Madagascar, and on Parasyscia indica in the Western Ghats of southern India. All 3 species were found attacking, or returning from attacks on, nests of Pheidole species, and the booty being transported consisted of larvae, pupae, pharate adults, and even in some cases dead but fully pigmented Pheidole soldiers and workers. These raids were all observed in progress near midday in shaded situations, and the raiding workers returned one by one over logs and roots along an obvious odor trail with their prey.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Malagasy Region: Madagascar.

Nomenclature

 * . Cerapachys mayri Forel, 1892l: 244 (w.) MADAGASCAR.
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: Madagascar: Bezanozano Prov., nr Anosibé, 3 days ESE Antananarivo (Sikora).
 * Type-depository: MHNG.
 * Combination in Phyracaces: Emery, 1902c: 24;
 * combination in Cerapachys: Brown, 1975: 23;
 * combination in Lioponera: Borowiec, M.L. 2016: 164.
 * Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 17; Emery, 1899f: 264; Emery, 1911d: 11; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 1005; Brown, 1975: 23, 64; Bolton, 1995b: 143.
 * Senior synonym of brachynodus: Brown, 1975: 23; Bolton, 1995b: 143.
 * Distribution: Madagascar.
 * mayri. Phyracaces mayri Chapman & Capco, 1951: 22. Nomen nudum (attributed to Emery).
 * brachynodus. Cerapachys mayri var. brachynodus Forel, 1892k: 520 (w.) MADAGASCAR.
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: Madagascar: (no further data) (Sikora).
 * Type-depositories: MHNG, NHMB.
 * Combination in Phyracaces: Emery, 1911d: 11.
 * Subspecies of mayri: Emery, 1911d: 11; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 1005.
 * Junior synonym of mayri: Brown, 1975: 23, 64; Bolton, 1995b: 142.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * 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): 1-115.
 * Chapman, J. W., and Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monogr. Inst. Sci. Technol. Manila 1: 1-327
 * Emery C. 1899. Formiche di Madagascar raccolte dal Sig. A. Mocquerys nei pressi della Baia di Antongil (1897-1898). Bullettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 31: 263-290.
 * Emery C. 1911. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118: 1-125.
 * Fisher B. L. 1997. Biogeography and ecology of the ant fauna of Madagascar (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Natural History 31: 269-302.
 * Fisher B. L. 2003. Formicidae, ants. Pp. 811-819 in: Goodman, S. M.; Benstead, J. P. (eds.) 2003. The natural history of Madagascar. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, xxi + 1709 pp.
 * Forel A. 1892. Nouvelles espèces de Formicides de Madagascar (récoltées par M. Sikora). Première série. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 36: 516-535.
 * Wheeler W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. IX. A synonymic list of the ants of the Malagasy region. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 1005-1055