Lioponera ficosa

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Australasian Region: Australia.

Nomenclature

 *  ficosus. Phyracaces ficosus Wheeler, W.M. 1918a: 252, fig. 12 (w.) AUSTRALIA.
 * Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1973d: 205 (l.).
 * Combination in Cerapachys: Brown, 1975: 22.
 * Combination in Lioponera: Borowiec, M.L. 2016: 163.
 * Status as species: Brown, 1975: 22, 66; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 25; Bolton, 1995b: 143.

Type Material


Original notes (Wheeler, 1918): Described from a dozen specimens taken Dec. 4, 1914 in the Bulli Pass, New South Wales. They were running over the sand in a loose file, carrying the nude pupae of a Myrmicine ant whose nest they had just plundered.