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).

Identification
Key to Cerapachys of India

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. 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.

Additional References

 * [[Media:Bharti & Akbar 2013.pdf|Bharti, H. & Akbar, S.A. 2013b. Taxonomic studies on the ant genus Cerapachys Smith (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from India. ZooKeys 336: 79–103. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.336.5719 PDF]]
 * Brown, W. L., Jr. (1975). Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. V. Ponerinae, tribes Platythyreini, Cerapachyini, Cylindromyrmecini, Acanthostichini, and Aenictogitini. Search. Agriculture (Ithaca, New York), 5(1): 1–115.
 * Clark, J. (1934). New Australian ants. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, 8: 21–47.
 * Forel, A. (1895). Nouvelles fourmis d'Australie, récoltées à The Ridge, Mackay, Queensland, par M. Gilbert Turner. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique, 39: 417–428.
 * Mayr, G. (1879). Beiträge zur Ameisen-Fauna Asiens. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 28: 645–686.
 * [[Media:Sharaf, M.R. et al. 2013. Rawdhat Khorim Nature Preserve.pdf|Sharaf, M. R.; Abdel-Dayem, M. S.; Al Dhafer, H. M.; Aldawood, S. A. 2013. The ants (Hymenoptera:formicidae) of Rawdhat Khorim Nature Preserve, Saudi Arabia, with description of a new species of the genus Tetramorium Mayr. Zootaxa 3709:565-580. PDF]]