Lioponera nigra

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Kenya.

Nomenclature

 * . Lioponera nigra Santschi, 1914b: 46 (m.) KENYA.
 * Type-material: holotype male.
 * Type-locality: Kenya (“Afrique orientale anglaise”): Molo, Mau escarpment, 2420 m., st. no. 19, xii.1911 (Ch. Alluaud & R. Jeannel).
 * Type-depository: NHMB.
 * Combination in Cerapachys: Brown, 1975: 23;
 * combination in Lioponera: Borowiec, M.L. 2016: 164.
 * Status as species: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 757; Donisthorpe, 1939a: 255; Brown, 1975: 23; Bolton, 1995b: 144; Hita Garcia, et al. 2013: 201.
 * Distribution: Kenya.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Wheeler W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VIII. A synonymic list of the ants of the Ethiopian region. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 711-1004