Lioponera nkomoensis

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya.

Nomenclature

 * . Phyracaces nkomoensis Forel, 1916: 400 (w.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO.
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: Democratic Republic of Congo (“Congo”): St Gabriel (H. Kohl).
 * Type-depository: MHNG.
 * Combination in Cerapachys: Brown, 1975: 23;
 * combination in Lioponera: Borowiec, M.L. 2016: 164.
 * Status as species: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 757; Brown, 1975: 23, 61; Bolton, 1995b: 144; Hita Garcia, et al. 2013: 201.
 * Senior synonym of congolensis: Brown, 1975: 23; Bolton, 1995b: 144.
 * Senior synonym of eidmanni: Brown, 1975: 23; Bolton, 1995b: 144.
 * Distribution: Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria.
 * congolensis. Phyracaces cooperi r. congolensis Forel, 1916: 401 (w.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO.
 * Type-material: holotype worker.
 * Type-locality: Democratic Republic of Congo (“Congo”): St Gabriel (H. Kohl).
 * Type-depository: MHNG.
 * Subspecies of cooperi: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 757.
 * Junior synonym of nkomoensis: Brown, 1975: 23; Bolton, 1995b: 142.
 * eidmanni. Phyracaces eidmanni Menozzi, 1942: 165 (w.) EQUATORIAL GUINEA (Bioko I.).
 * Type-material: holotype worker.
 * Type-locality: Equatorial Guinea (“Spanish Guinea”): Fernando Po I. (= Bioko I.) (H. Eidmann).
 * Type-depository: NHMB.
 * [Also given as new in Eidmann, 1944: 429.]
 * Junior synonym of nkomoensis: Brown, 1975: 23; Bolton, 1995b: 143.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Borowiec M. L. 2016. Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dorylinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 608: 1–280.
 * 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.
 * Dejean A., J. L. Durand, and B. Bolton. 1996. Ants inhabiting Cubitermes termitaries in African rain forest. Biotropica 28(4): 701-713.
 * Eidmann H. 1944. Die Ameisenfauna von Fernando Poo. 27. Beitrag zu den Ergebnissen der Westafrika-Expedition. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Ökol. Geogr. Tiere 76: 413-490.
 * Hita Garcia F., E. Wiesel, G. Fischer. 2013. The ants of Kenya (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)faunal overview, first species checklist, bibliography, accounts for all genera, and discussion on taxonomy and zoogeography. Journal of East African Natural History 101: 127-222.
 * Menozzi C. 1942. Formiche dell'isola Fernando Poo e del territorio del Rio Muni (Guinea Spagnola). 24. Beitrag zu den wissenschaftlichen Ergebnissen der Forschungsreise H. Eidmann nach Spanisch-Guinea 1939 bis 1940. Zoologischer Anzeiger 140: 164-182.
 * Ross S. R. P. J., F. Hita Garcia, G. Fischer, and M. K. Peters. 2018. Selective logging intensity in an East African rain forest predicts reductions in ant diversity. Biotropica 1-11.
 * 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