Lioponera longitarsus

Distribution
This taxon was described from India. It is also found in the Philippines, New Guinea, Israel, Bangladesh, Thailand, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, United Arab Emirates and Australia.

Nomenclature

 *  longitarsus. Lioponera longitarsus Mayr, 1879: 667 (w.q.) INDIA. Forel, 1900d: 329 (m.). Combination in Cerapachys: Brown, 1975: 23. Senior synonym of australis, bicolor, parva, pygmaeus: Brown, 1975: 23; of aegyptiacus, alfierii: Bolton, 1995b: 143.
 * australis. Lioponera longitarsus var. australis Forel, 1895f: 422 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Raised to species: Wheeler, W.M. 1918a: 264. Junior synonym of longitarsus: Brown, 1975: 23.
 * parva. Lioponera longitarsus r. parva Forel, 1900d: 330 (w.m.) INDIA. Raised to species: Bingham, 1903: 27. Junior synonym of longitarsus: Brown, 1975: 23. [Incorrectly revived from synonymy by Tang, Li, et al. 1995: 26.]
 * bicolor. Lioponera bicolor Wheeler, W.M. & Chapman, 1925: 54, pl. 1, figs. 15, 16 (w.q.m.) PHILIPPINES. [Unresolved junior secondary homonym of bicolor Clark, above.] Junior synonym of longitarsus: Brown, 1975: 23.
 * pygmaeus. Phyracaces pygmaeus Clark, 1934b: 26, pl. 2, fig. 7 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Junior synonym of longitarsus: Brown, 1975: 23.
 * alfierii. Lioponera alfierii Donisthorpe, 1939a: 256 (m.) EGYPT. Combination in Cerapachys: Brown, 1975: 22. Junior synonym of longitarsus: Bolton, 1995b: 142.
 * cooperi. Lioponera cooperi Donisthorpe, 1939a: 255 (m.) EGYPT. [Junior secondary homonym of cooperi Arnold, 1915: 14.] Replacement name: aegyptiacus Brown, 1975: 22.
 * aegyptiacus. Cerapachys aegyptiacus Brown, 1975: 22. Replacement name for Lioponera cooperi Donisthorpe, 1939a: 255. [Junior secondary homonym of Cerapachys cooperi Arnold, 1915: 14.] Junior synonym of longitarsus: Bolton, 1995b: 142.

Lioponera longitarsus type material

Syntype worker(s) and queen(s) from Calcutta, India.

Lioponera longitarsus australis type material

Syntype worker(s) (probable) from Mackay, Queensland.

Phyracaces pygmaeus type material

Syntype workers from Kuranda, Queensland.

Additional References

 * Brown, W. L., Jr. (1975). Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. V. Ponerinae, tribes Platythyreini, Cerapachyini, Cylindromyrmecini, Acanthostichini, and Aenictogitini. Search. Agriculture (Ithaca, New York), 5(1): 1–115.
 * Clark, J. (1934). New Australian ants. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, 8: 21–47.
 * Forel, A. (1895). Nouvelles fourmis d'Australie, récoltées à The Ridge, Mackay, Queensland, par M. Gilbert Turner. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique, 39: 417–428.
 * Mayr, G. (1879). Beiträge zur Ameisen-Fauna Asiens. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 28: 645–686.