Lioponera versicolor

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: New Guinea.

Nomenclature

 * . Lioponera versicolor Donisthorpe, 1948d: 589 (m.) NEW GUINEA (Indonesia).
 * Type-material: holotype male.
 * Type-locality: Indonesia: Irian Jaya (“Dutch New Guinea”), Maffin Bay, 8.viii.1944 (E.S. Ross).
 * Type-depository: CASC.
 * Combination in Cerapachys: Brown, 1975: 24;
 * combination in Lioponera: Borowiec, M.L. 2016: 164.
 * Status as species: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 21; Wilson, 1959b: 56; Brown, 1975: 24; Bolton, 1995b: 145.
 * Distribution: Indonesia (Irian Jaya).

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Borowiec M. L. 2016. Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dorylinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 608: 1–280.
 * 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.
 * Donisthorpe H. 1948. A third instalment of the Ross Collection of ants from New Guinea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (11)14: 589-604.
 * Janda M., G. D. Alpert, M. L. Borowiec, E. P. Economo, P. Klimes, E. Sarnat, and S. O. Shattuck. 2011. Cheklist of ants described and recorded from New Guinea and associated islands. Available on http://www.newguineants.org/. Accessed on 24th Feb. 2011.
 * Wilson E. O. 1959. Studies on the ant fauna of Melanesia. VI. The tribe Cerapachyini. Pacific Insects 1: 39-57.