Lioponera varians

Identification
Heterick (2009) - Lioponera varians is a large-eyed species, of variable colouration, with a dorsolateral carina curving towards the eye.

Distribution
Heterick (2009) - Specimens have mostly come from drier parts of the SWBP and the neighbouring Eremaean Botanical Province, in WA, but this species has also been recognised by the author among material collected from the Darling River region of NSW.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia.

Nomenclature

 * . Phyracaces varians Clark, 1924b: 87, pl. 6, fig. 6 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Western Australia).
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: Australia: Western Australia, Lion Mill (J. Clark).
 * Type-depository: MVMA.
 * Combination in Cerapachys: Brown, 1975: 24;
 * combination in Lioponera: Borowiec, M.L. 2016: 164.
 * Status as species: Brown, 1975: 24; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 28; Taylor, 1987a: 19; Bolton, 1995b: 145; Heterick, 2009: 127.
 * Distribution: Australia.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Fisher J., L. Beames, B. J. Rangers, N. N. Rangers, J. Majer, and B. Heterick. 2014. Using ants to monitor changes within and surrounding the endangered Monsoon Vine Thickets of the tropical Dampier Peninsula, north Western Australia. Forest Ecology and Management 318: 7890.
 * Heterick B. E. 2009. A guide to the ants of south-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 76: 1-206.