Lioponera nayana

This species is widely distributed in the Western Ghats. It was collected from non-forested and forest habitats from small bushes, and foraging over dry soil surfaces.

Identification
Key to Cerapachys of India

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: India.

Nomenclature

 *  nayana. Cerapachys nayana Bharti & Akbar, 2013: 90, figs. 3B, 4B, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, Table 1 (w.q.) INDIA.

Type material. Holotype worker: India: Kerala, Silent valley national park, 11°5'N, 76°26'E, 897m a.s.l., 25.ix.2011, hand picking. Paratypes: 2 workers and 1 ergatoid queen with same data as holotype; 6 workers and 2 ergatoid queens, India, Karnataka, Gundlupet 11°8'N, 76°68'E, 800m a.s.l., 27.ix.2010, hand picking; 2 workers and 1 ergatoid queen, India, Kerala, Periyar tiger reserve, 9°46'N, 77°14'E, 1005m a.s.l., 10.x.2011, hand picking (coll. Shahid A. Akbar). Holotype in PUAC and paratype in BMNH.