Lioponera fici

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Lioponera fici (Viehmeyer, 1924) junior synonym of current valid taxon Lioponera fervida (Wheeler, 1918)

Phyracaces fici Viehmeyer, 1924b: 222 (w.eq.) AUSTRALIA (New South Wales). Australasia.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated), 1 syntype ergatoid queen. Primary type locality: Australia: New South Wales, Trial Bay (H. Overbeck). Primary type depositories: MNHU, NHMB, USNM (perhaps also SMTD). Type notes: 1) Baroni Urbani, 1973b: 125, cites 1w syntype NHMB. 2) Baroni Urbani, 1973b: 125, reports that the NHMB syntype is mislabeled “firusi”.

Junior synonym of Lioponera fervida: Brown, 1975: 22; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 25; Taylor, 1987a: 17; Bolton, 1995b: 143.

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.
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.
Viehmeyer, H. 1924b. Formiciden der australischen Faunenregion. Entomologische Mitteilungen. Berlin-Dahlem 13:219-229. PDF

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