Lioponera punctatissima

Many of the Dorylinae species that occur in the SWBP are rare, being represented in the Curtin University ant collection by one or a few specimens. Most frequently, stray workers have been collected by hand or in pitfall traps. They also appear to have been adversely affected by urbanization in the greater Perth area. Lioponera punctatissimus, described from specimens collected from Mundaring, near Perth, is only represented in the Curtin Collection by one specimen from Mt. Edith, in the Pilbara District (Eremaean Botanical Province). (Heterick 2009)

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia.

Nomenclature

 * . Phyracaces punctatissima Clark, 1924a: 84, fig. 8 (w.q.) AUSTRALIA (Western Australia).
 * Type-material: 160 syntype workers, 4 syntype queens.
 * Type-locality: Australia: Western Australia, Mundaring (J. Clark).
 * Type-depositories: MVMA, NHMB.
 * Combination in Cerapachys: Brown, 1975: 23;
 * combination in Lioponera: Borowiec, M.L. 2016: 164.
 * Status as species: Brown, 1975: 23, 66; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 27; Taylor, 1987a: 18; Bolton, 1995b: 144; Heterick, 2009: 128.
 * Distribution: Australia.