Lioponera brachynoda

Lioponera brachynoda (Forel, 1892) junior synonym of current valid taxon Lioponera mayri (Forel, 1892)

Cerapachys mayri var. brachynodus Forel, 1892l: 520 (w.) MADAGASCAR. Malagasy.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: Madagascar: Toamasina, Moramanga (F. Sikora). Primary type depositories: MHNG, NHMB. Primary type specimens: CASENT0101831, CASENT0101980. Type notes: Baroni Urbani, 1973b: 124, cites 1 worker syntype in NHMB.

Combination in Phyracaces: Emery, 1911e: 11.
Subspecies of Lioponera mayri: Emery, 1911e: 11; Wheeler, 1922: 1005.
Junior synonym of Lioponera mayri: Brown, 1975: 23, 64; Bolton, 1995b: 142.

Obsolete combinations

Citations

Baroni Urbani, C. 1973b. Katalog der Typen von Formicidae (Hymenoptera) der Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums Basel. Mitteilungen der Entomologischen Gesellschaft Basel (n.s.)23:122-152.
Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
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
Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118:1-125. PDF
Forel, A. 1892l. Nouvelles espèces de Formicides de Madagascar (récoltées par M. Sikora). Première série. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 36:516-535. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.