Lioponera suscitata

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Borneo, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Sulawesi. Oriental Region: Cambodia, Vietnam.

Biology
Two queenright colonies of L. suscitata were monogynous, with 14 and 40 workers each, and one orphan colony had 30 workers (Ito et al. 2018).

Castes
Queens are winged, and queen-worker dimorphism in body size is weak (Ito et al. 2018).

Nomenclature

 * . Phyracaces suscitatus Viehmeyer, 1913: 143 (w.) INDONESIA (Sulawesi) (in copal).
 * Type-material: holotype worker.
 * Type-locality: Indonesia: Celebes (= Sulawesi), in copal (no collector’s name).
 * Type-depository: MNHU.
 * Combination in Cerapachys: Brown, 1975: 23;
 * combination in Lioponera: Borowiec, M.L. 2016: 164.
 * Status as species: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 22; Brown, 1975: 23, 67; Bolton, 1995b: 145; Pfeiffer, et al. 2011: 33.
 * Senior synonym of hewitti Donisthorpe: Brown, 1975: 23; Bolton, 1995b: 145.
 * Distribution: Indonesia (Sulawesi), Malaysia (Peninsula, Sarawak), Philippines (Negros).
 * hewitti. Phyracaces hewitti Donisthorpe, 1931b: 494 (w.m.) BORNEO (East Malaysia: Sarawak).
 * Type-material: 2 syntype workers, 2 syntype males.
 * Type-locality: Malaysia: Sarawak, Kuching, 1906-7 (J. Hewitt).
 * Type-depository: BMNH.
 * [Unresolved junior primary homonym of Phyracaces hewitti Wheeler, W.M. 1919e: 48 (Bolton, 1995b: 143).]
 * Junior synonym of hewitti Wheeler: Baroni Urbani, 1971b: 361.
 * Junior synonym of suscitata: Brown, 1975: 23; Bolton, 1995b: 143.

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
 * Hashimoto Y., Y. Morimoto, and M. Mohamed. 2003. Species List of Ground and Leaf Litter Ants Collected in Lower Kinabatangan. Pp 13-18. In Lower Kinabatangan Scientific Expedition 2002, 176 pp. ISBN-13: 983-2369-11-8
 * Pfeiffer M.; Mezger, D.; Hosoishi, S.; Bakhtiar, E. Y.; Kohout, R. J. 2011. The Formicidae of Borneo (Insecta: Hymenoptera): a preliminary species list. Asian Myrmecology 4:9-58
 * Viehmeyer H. 1913. Ameisen aus dem Kopal von Celebes. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 74: 141-155.
 * Zryanin V. A. 2011. An eco-faunistic review of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). In: Structure and functions of soil communities of a monsoon tropical forest (Cat Tien National Park, southern Vietnam) / A.V. Tiunov (Editor). – M.: KMK Scientific Press. 2011. 277 р.101-124.