Lioponera braytoni

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

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Lioponera braytoni (Weber, 1949) valid

Phyracaces braytoni Weber, 1949a: 3, fig. 4 (w.) KENYA. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Kenya: ca 29 mi. SW Mtito Andei, 16.i.1948, no. 1954 (AMNH Central Africa Expd.) (N.A. Weber). Primary type depository: AMNH. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 1 paratype worker. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype.

Combination in Cerapachys: Brown, 1975: 22, 63.
Combination in Lioponera: Borowiec, 2016: 163
Status as species: Brown, 1975: 22, 63 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 142; Hita Garcia et al., 2013: 201.

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
Hita Garcia, F.; Wiesel, E.; Fischer, G. 2013. The ants of Kenya (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)—faunal overview, first species checklist, bibliography, accounts for all genera, and discussion on taxonomy and zoogeography. Journal of East African Natural History 101 (2):127-222. PDF
Weber, N. A. 1949a. New African ants of the genera Cerapachys, Phryacaces, and Simopone. American Museum Novitates 1396:1-9. PDF

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