Lioponera constricta

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Lioponera constricta (Clark, 1924) valid

Phyracaces constricta Clark, 1924a: 79, fig. 5 (eq.) AUSTRALIA (Western Australia). Australasia.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype ergatoid queen. Primary type locality: Australia: Western Australia, Armadale (J. Clark). Primary type depository: MVMA. Primary type specimen: ANTWEB1008230.

Combination in Cerapachys: Brown, 1975: 22
Combination in Lioponera: Borowiec, 2016: 163
Status as species: Brown, 1975: 22; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 24; Taylor, 1987a: 17; Bolton, 1995b: 142.
[Note: Heterick, 2021: 4, suggests this may be the ergatoid of Lioponera greavesi.]

Obsolete combinations

Citations

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
Clark, J. 1924a ("1923"). Australian Formicidae. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia 9:72-89. PDF
Heterick, B. E. 2021. A guide to the ants of Western Australia. Part I: Systematics. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 86:245 pp. 10.18195/issn.0313-122x.86.2021.001-245 PDF
Taylor, R. W. 1987a. A checklist of the ants of Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization) Division of Entomology Report 41:1-92. PDF
Taylor, R. W.; Brown, D. R. 1985. Formicoidea. Zoological Catalogue of Australia 2:1-149, 306-348.

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