''Lioponera'' is a
genus
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of
ants in the
subfamily
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Dorylinae containing approximately 74 described species.
The genus is distributed widely across the
Afrotropical
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,
Australasia
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,
Indomalaya,
Malagasy, and
Palearctic
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The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Sibe ...
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 bioregions. ''Lioponera'' wa ...
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Lioponera braunsi''
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Lioponera braytoni''
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Lioponera brevicollis''
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Lioponera brevis''
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Lioponera clara''
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Lioponera clarki''
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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'' wa ...
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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'' wa ...
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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'' wa ...
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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'' wa ...
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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'' wa ...
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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'' wa ...
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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'' wa ...
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Lioponera desertorum''
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Lioponera dumbletoni''
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Lioponera elegans
''Lioponera elegans'', formerly ''Cerapachys elegans'', is an dorline ant species found in Australia
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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
''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'' wa ...
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Lioponera versicolor''
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Lioponera vespula''
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q107210864
Dorylinae
Ant genera