Lioponera parva

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: India, Sri Lanka.

Nomenclature

 * . Lioponera longitarsus r. parva Forel, 1900d: 330 (w.m.) INDIA (West Bengal, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Maharashtra, Karnataka).
 * Type-material: syntype workers, syntype males (numbers not stated).
 * Type-localities: India: Calcutta (= Kolkata) (Rothney), Barrackpore (Rothney), Madras (= Chennai) (Rothney), Orissa (= Odisha) (Taylor), Dehra Dun (Smythies), Poona (= Pune) (Wroughton), and Belgaum (Wroughton).
 * Type-depositories: MHNG, NHMB.
 * Subspecies of longitarsus: Forel, 1906b: 91.
 * Junior synonym of longitarsus: Brown, 1975: 23; Bolton, 1995b: 144.
 * Status as species: Bingham, 1903: 27; Emery, 1911d: 12; Donisthorpe, 1939a: 254; Menozzi, 1939a: 327; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 21; Tang, J., Li, et al. 1995: 26; Tiwari, 1999: 33; Mathew & Tiwari, 2000: 269; Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 22.
 * Distribution: China, India.

Description
Worker

Bingham (1903): Closely resembles L. longitarsus, but is smaller, with a proportionately longer and narrower head, the apical three joints of the flagellum of the antenna; proportionately thicker, and the basal segment of the abdomen larger. Head, thorax and basal abdominal segment brownish red; rest of abdomen blackish; mandibles, antennae and legs testaceous.

Length: 2.5 mm

Male

Bingham (1903): Similar to the worker in colour, smooth and shining.

Length: 2.5 - 3 mm