''Lioponera'' is a
genus of
ants 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 subfamily botanical names with "-oideae", and zoologi ...
Dorylinae containing approximately 74 described species.
The genus is distributed widely across the
Afrotropical
The Afrotropical realm is one of Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Africa south of the Sahara Desert, the majority of the Arabian Peninsula, the island of Madagascar, southern Iran and extreme southwestern Pakistan, and the island ...
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Australasia,
Indomalaya,
Malagasy, and
Palearctic
The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa.
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.
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Lioponera costatus
''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 aberrans''
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Lioponera adama
''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 augustae''
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Lioponera anokha''
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Lioponera bakeri
''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 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
''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 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'' wa ...
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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'' wa ...
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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'' wa ...
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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
''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 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
''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 greavesi''
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Lioponera gwynethae
''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, Madagascar, Malagasy, and Palearctic bioregions. ''Liopon ...
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Lioponera heros''
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Lioponera hewitti
''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 huode
''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 inconspicua
''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 iovis
''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 kraepelinii''
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Lioponera krombeini
''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 larvata
''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 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
''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 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
''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 pubescens''
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Lioponera punctatissima
''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 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
''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 singaporensis''
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Lioponera singularis''
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Lioponera sjostedti''
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Lioponera suscitata
''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 turneri
''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 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
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Dorylinae
Ant genera