Lioponera clara

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia.

Nomenclature

 * . Phyracaces clarus Clark, 1930c: 3, fig. 1 (no. 2) (w.q.m.) AUSTRALIA (Western Australia).
 * Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated).
 * Type-localities: Australia: Western Australia, Cannington (D.L. Serventy), Mundaring (J. Clark), Kalamunda (J. Clark), and National Park (J. Clark).
 * Type-depository: MVMA.
 * Combination in Neophyracaces: Clark, 1941: 76;
 * combination in Lioponera: Borowiec, M.L. 2016: 163.
 * Synonym of princeps: Brown, 1975: 23, 65; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 27; Taylor, 1987a: 18; Bolton, 1995b: 144; Heterick, 2009: 127.
 * [Note: all these authors give princeps as senior synonym, but clara has priority. The error arose from Brown’s assumption that clara was a junior homonym, which is not the case.]
 * Status as species: Borowiec, M.L. 2016: 163.
 * Distribution: Australia.
 * princeps. Phyracaces princeps Clark, 1934b: 24, pl. 2, fig. 4 (w.) AUSTRALIA (South Australia).
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: Australia: South Australia, NE corner, Minnie Downs (no collector’s name, perhaps J. Clark?).
 * Type-depository: SAMA.
 * Combination in Cerapachys: Brown, 1975: 23.
 * Synonym of clara: Brown, 1975: 23, 65; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 27; Taylor, 1987a: 18; Bolton, 1995b: 144; Heterick, 2009: 127.
 * [Note: all these authors give princeps as senior synonym, but clara has priority. The error arose from Brown’s assumption that clara was a junior homonym, which is not the case.]
 * Distribution: Australia.