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Species: Lioponera larvata   (Wheeler, 1918) 


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Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2017)

Phyracaces larvatus Wheeler, 1918a PDF: 257, fig. 15 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Australasia. AntCat AntWiki

Taxonomic history

Clark, 1924a PDF: 83 (q.m.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1964a PDF: 69 (l.).
Combination in Cerapachys: Brown, 1975 PDF: 23; in Lioponera: Borowiec, 2016 10.3897/zookeys.608.9427 PDF: 164.

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A LioponeraC larvata worker dispatches a Stigmacros guard during a predatory raid on the little ants' nest. Harrietville, Victoria, Australia.
Image © Alex Wild.

Distribution:

(based on species list records)
Australasia Region: Australia, Australia and New Zealand, Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Oceania, Victoria

Specimen Habitat Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 1 times found in wet sclerophyl forest, 1 times found in rainforest.

Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 1 times under stone, 1 times ground forager(s).

Elevations: collected from 50 - 1200 meters, 912 meters average

Type specimens: syntype of Cerapachys larvatus: casent0902755; syntype of Phyracaces larvatus: antweb1008239



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