Lioponera punctatissima

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Lioponera punctatissima (Clark, 1924) valid

Phyracaces punctatissima Clark, 1924a: 84, fig. 8 (w.q.) AUSTRALIA (Western Australia). Australasia.

Primary type information: Primary type material: 160 syntype workers, 4 syntype queens. Primary type locality: Australia: Western Australia, Mundaring (J. Clark). Primary type depositories: MVMA, NHMB. Primary type specimen: ANTWEB1008248. Type notes: 1) Syntype numbers provided by Clark, 1924a: 85 (in text). 2) Baroni Urbani, 1973b: 125, cites 3 worker syntypes in NHMB.

Combination in Cerapachys: Brown, 1975: 23.
Combination in Lioponera: Borowiec, 2016: 164.
Status as species: Brown, 1975: 23, 66; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 27; Taylor, 1987a: 18; Bolton, 1995b: 144; Heterick, 2009: 128.

Obsolete combinations

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
Clark, J. 1924a ("1923"). Australian Formicidae. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia 9:72-89. PDF
Heterick, B. E. 2009. A guide to the ants of south-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 76:1-206. 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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