Lioponera ruficornis

Lioponera ruficornis is a black ant recorded from the south-west corner of WA and in the SWBP wheatbelt. (Heterick 2009)

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia.

Nomenclature

 * . Phyracaces ruficornis Clark, 1924a: 86, fig. 9 (w.l.) AUSTRALIA (Western Australia).
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated, “several”).
 * Type-locality: Australia: Western Australia, Mundaring, Armadale (J. Clark).
 * Type-depository: MVMA.
 * Combination in Cerapachys: Brown, 1975: 23;
 * combination in Lioponera: Borowiec, M.L. 2016: 164.
 * Status as species: Brown, 1975: 23, 66; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 27; Taylor, 1987a: 18; Bolton, 1995b: 144; Heterick, 2009: 128.
 * Distribution: Australia.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * 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.