''Lioponera'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
ant
Ants are Eusociality, eusocial insects of the Family (biology), family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the Taxonomy (biology), order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from Vespoidea, vespoid wasp ancestors in the Cre ...
s in the
subfamily
In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end botanical subfamily names with "-oideae", and zo ...
Dorylinae
Dorylinae is an ant subfamily, with distributions in both the Old World and New World. Brady ''et al.'' (2014) Synonym (taxonomy), synonymized the previous dorylomorph subfamilies (Aenictinae, Aenictogitoninae, Cerapachyinae, Ecitoninae, and Lep ...
containing approximately 74 described species.
The genus is distributed widely across the
Afrotropical
The Afrotropical realm is one of the Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Sub-Saharan Africa, the southern Arabian Peninsula, the island of Madagascar, and the islands of the western Indian Ocean. It was formerly known as the Ethiopi ...
,
Australasia
Australasia is a subregion of Oceania, comprising Australia, New Zealand (overlapping with Polynesia), and sometimes including New Guinea and surrounding islands (overlapping with Melanesia). The term is used in a number of different context ...
,
Indomalaya
The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms. It extends across most of South and Southeast Asia and into the southern parts of East Asia.
Also called the Oriental realm by biogeographers, Indomalaya spreads all over the Ind ...
,
Malagasy, and
Palearctic
The Palearctic or Palaearctic is a biogeographic realm of the Earth, the largest of eight. Confined almost entirely to the Eastern Hemisphere, it stretches across Europe and Asia, north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa.
Th ...
bioregions.
''Lioponera'' was described by Mayr (1879) and later placed as a junior synonym of ''Cerapachys'' by Brown (1975). ''Lioponera'' was resurrected as a valid genus by Borowiec (2016) during redescription of the doryline genera.
Species
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Lioponera costatus''
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Lioponera aberrans''
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Lioponera adama''
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Lioponera augustae''
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Lioponera anokha''
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Lioponera bakeri''
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Lioponera bicolor''
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Lioponera binodis''
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Lioponera bispinata
''Lioponera'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Dorylinae containing approximately 74 described species. The genus is distributed widely across the Afrotropical, Australasia, Indomalaya, Malagasy, and Palearctic
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Lioponera braunsi''
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Lioponera braytoni''
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Lioponera brevicollis''
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Lioponera brevis
''Lioponera'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Dorylinae containing approximately 74 described species. The genus is distributed widely across the Afrotropical, Australasia, Indomalaya, Malagasy, and Palearctic bioregions. ''Lioponera'' was d ...
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Lioponera clara
''Lioponera'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Dorylinae containing approximately 74 described species. The genus is distributed widely across the Afrotropical, Australasia, Indomalaya, Malagasy, and Palearctic bioregions. ''Lioponera'' was d ...
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Lioponera clarki
''Lioponera'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Dorylinae containing approximately 74 described species. The genus is distributed widely across the Afrotropical, Australasia, Indomalaya, Malagasy, and Palearctic bioregions. ''Lioponera'' was d ...
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Lioponera cohici
''Lioponera'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Dorylinae containing approximately 74 described species. The genus is distributed widely across the Afrotropical, Australasia, Indomalaya, Malagasy, and Palearctic bioregions. ''Lioponera'' was d ...
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Lioponera collingwoodi
''Lioponera'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Dorylinae containing approximately 74 described species. The genus is distributed widely across the Afrotropical, Australasia, Indomalaya, Malagasy, and Palearctic bioregions. ''Lioponera'' was d ...
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Lioponera constricta
''Lioponera'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Dorylinae containing approximately 74 described species. The genus is distributed widely across the Afrotropical, Australasia, Indomalaya, Malagasy, and Palearctic bioregions. ''Lioponera'' was d ...
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Lioponera coxalis
''Lioponera'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Dorylinae containing approximately 74 described species. The genus is distributed widely across the Afrotropical, Australasia, Indomalaya, Malagasy, and Palearctic bioregions. ''Lioponera'' was d ...
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Lioponera crassa
''Lioponera'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Dorylinae containing approximately 74 described species. The genus is distributed widely across the Afrotropical, Australasia, Indomalaya, Malagasy, and Palearctic bioregions. ''Lioponera'' was d ...
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Lioponera daikoku
''Lioponera'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Dorylinae containing approximately 74 described species. The genus is distributed widely across the Afrotropical, Australasia, Indomalaya, Malagasy, and Palearctic bioregions. ''Lioponera'' was d ...
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Lioponera decorsei
''Lioponera'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Dorylinae containing approximately 74 described species. The genus is distributed widely across the Afrotropical, Australasia, Indomalaya, Malagasy, and Palearctic bioregions. ''Lioponera'' was d ...
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Lioponera desertorum''
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Lioponera dumbletoni''
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Lioponera elegans''
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Lioponera emeryi''
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Lioponera fervida''
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Lioponera ficosa''
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Lioponera flammea''
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Lioponera foreli''
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Lioponera gilesi''
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Lioponera grandis''
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Lioponera greavesi''
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Lioponera gwynethae''
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Lioponera heros''
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Lioponera hewitti''
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Lioponera huode''
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Lioponera inconspicua''
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Lioponera iovis''
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Lioponera kraepelinii''
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Lioponera krombeini''
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Lioponera larvata''
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Lioponera longitarsus''
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Lioponera luzuriagae''
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Lioponera macrops''
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Lioponera marginata''
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Lioponera mayri''
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Lioponera mjoebergi''
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Lioponera mullewana''
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Lioponera nayana''
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Lioponera neocaledonica''
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Lioponera nigra''
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Lioponera nigriventris''
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Lioponera nkomoensis''
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Lioponera noctambula''
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Lioponera parva''
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Lioponera picipes''
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Lioponera picta''
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Lioponera piliventris''
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Lioponera potteri''
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Lioponera pruinosa''
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Lioponera pubescens''
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Lioponera punctatissima''
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Lioponera reticulata''
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Lioponera ruficornis''
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Lioponera rugulinodis''
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Lioponera senescens''
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Lioponera similis''
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Lioponera simmonsae''
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Lioponera singaporensis''
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Lioponera singularis''
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Lioponera sjostedti''
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Lioponera suscitata''
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Lioponera turneri''
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Lioponera varians''
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Lioponera versicolor''
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Lioponera vespula''
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q107210864
Dorylinae
Ant genera