Lioponera heros

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Lioponera heros (Wheeler, 1918) valid

Phyracaces heros Wheeler, 1918a: 240, fig. 7 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Queensland). Australasia.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Australia: Queensland (no further data). Primary type depository: MCZC. Type notes: 1) Wheeler, 1918a implies that the holotype depository is SAMA. 2) Taylor & Brown, 1985: 26, say holotype is in MCZC.

Combination in Cerapachys: Brown, 1975: 22.
Combination in Lioponera: Borowiec, 2016: 164.
Status as species: Brown, 1975: 22; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 26; Taylor, 1987a: 18; Bolton, 1995b: 143.

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
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.
Wheeler, W. M. 1918a. The Australian ants of the ponerine tribe Cerapachyini. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 53:215-265. PDF

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