Lioponera similis

An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World by Barry Bolton

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Lioponera similis Santschi, 1930 valid

Lioponera similis Santschi, 1930a: 51, figs. 8-10 (m.) IVORY COAST. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: 8 syntype males. Primary type locality: Ivory Coast: Dimbroko (E. Le Moult). Primary type depository: NHMB. Primary type specimen: CASENT0911264. Type notes: Baroni Urbani, 1973b: 124, cites 7 male syntypes in NHMB.

Combination in Cerapachys: Brown, 1975: 23
Combination in Lioponera: Borowiec, 2016: 164.
Status as species: Donisthorpe, 1939a: 255; Brown, 1975: 23; Bolton, 1995b: 144.

Obsolete combinations

Cerapachys similis

Citations

Baroni Urbani, C. 1973b. Katalog der Typen von Formicidae (Hymenoptera) der Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums Basel. Mitteilungen der Entomologischen Gesellschaft Basel (n.s.)23:122-152.
Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Borowiec, M. L. 2016. Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dorylinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 608:1-280. 10.3897/zookeys.608.9427 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. PDF
Donisthorpe, H. 1939a. The genus Lioponera Mayr (Formicidae, Cerapachyinae), with descriptions of two new species and an ergatandromorph. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (11)3:252-257. PDF
Santschi, F. 1930a. Description de Formicides éthiopiens nouveaux ou peu connus. V. Bulletin et Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 70:49-77. PDF

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