Lioponera princeps

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Lioponera princeps (Clark, 1934) junior synonym of current valid taxon Lioponera clara (Clark, 1930)

Phyracaces princeps Clark, 1934b: 24, pl. 2, fig. 4 (w.) AUSTRALIA (South Australia). Australasia.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: Australia: South Australia, NE corner, Minnie Downs (no collector’s name; perhaps J. Clark). Primary type depository: SAMA.

Combination in Cerapachys: Brown, 1975: 23
Combination in Lioponera: Borowiec, 2016: 163
Junior synonym of Lioponera clara: Brown, 1975: 23, 65; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 27; Taylor, 1987a: 18; Bolton, 1995b: 144; Heterick, 2009: 127.
[Note: all these authors give Lioponera princeps as senior synonym, but Lioponera clara has priority. The error arose from Brown’s assumption that Lioponera clara was a junior homonym, which is not the case.]

Obsolete combinations

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Borowiec, M. L. 2016. Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dorylinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 608:1-280. 10.3897/zookeys.608.9427 PDF
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
Clark, J. 1934b. New Australian ants. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 8:21-47. PDF
Heterick, B. E. 2009. A guide to the ants of south-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 76:1-206. 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.

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