Lioponera longitarsus

Cerapachys longitarsus was originally described from India and subsequently recorded from UAE (Collingwood et al., 2011); Egypt (Sharaf, 2006); Philippines, North Australia, and Taiwan (Terayama et al., 1988). At Rawdhat Khorim, Saudi Arabia, this species is considered rare, with only four specimens. All are alate males, three attracted to a light trap and one collected by a pitfall trap. They were collected in April, October and November (Sharaf et al., 2013).

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates. Australasian Region: Australia. Indo-Australian Region: New Guinea, Philippines. Oriental Region: Bangladesh, India, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam. Palaearctic Region: China, Egypt, Israel.

Nomenclature

 *  longitarsus. Lioponera longitarsus Mayr, 1879: 667 (w.q.) INDIA. Forel, 1900d: 329 (m.). Combination in Cerapachys: Brown, 1975: 23. Senior synonym of australis, bicolor, parva, pygmaeus: Brown, 1975: 23; of aegyptiacus, alfierii: Bolton, 1995b: 143.
 * australis. Lioponera longitarsus var. australis Forel, 1895f: 422 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Raised to species: Wheeler, W.M. 1918a: 264. Junior synonym of longitarsus: Brown, 1975: 23.
 * parva. Lioponera longitarsus r. parva Forel, 1900d: 330 (w.m.) INDIA. Raised to species: Bingham, 1903: 27. Junior synonym of longitarsus: Brown, 1975: 23. [Incorrectly revived from synonymy by Tang, Li, et al. 1995: 26.]
 * bicolor. Lioponera bicolor Wheeler, W.M. & Chapman, 1925: 54, pl. 1, figs. 15, 16 (w.q.m.) PHILIPPINES. [Unresolved junior secondary homonym of bicolor Clark, above.] Junior synonym of longitarsus: Brown, 1975: 23.
 * pygmaeus. Phyracaces pygmaeus Clark, 1934b: 26, pl. 2, fig. 7 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Junior synonym of longitarsus: Brown, 1975: 23.
 * alfierii. Lioponera alfierii Donisthorpe, 1939a: 256 (m.) EGYPT. Combination in Cerapachys: Brown, 1975: 22. Junior synonym of longitarsus: Bolton, 1995b: 142.
 * cooperi. Lioponera cooperi Donisthorpe, 1939a: 255 (m.) EGYPT. [Junior secondary homonym of cooperi Arnold, 1915: 14.] Replacement name: aegyptiacus Brown, 1975: 22.
 * aegyptiacus. Cerapachys aegyptiacus Brown, 1975: 22. Replacement name for Lioponera cooperi Donisthorpe, 1939a: 255. [Junior secondary homonym of Cerapachys cooperi Arnold, 1915: 14.] Junior synonym of longitarsus: Bolton, 1995b: 142.