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SUBFAMILY CERAPACHYINAE - Genus Lioponera F Smith
Lioponera noctambula Santschi

Lioponera noctambula Santschi

return to key  Type location Tunisia (Lioponera noctambula Santschi, 1910d: 70, male, status revived by Borowiec, 2016); male only known - see below.
junior synonyms (new here)
cooperi (Lioponera cooperi, Donisthorpe, 1939a: 256, male; unnecessary replacement name Cerapachys aegypticus Brown, 1975: 22, rename only (not spelt aegyptiacus, no other information on p 63; synonymy Bolton, 1995: 142) from Egypt - see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0902740
alfierii (Lioponera alfierii, Donisthorpe, 1939a: 256, male; new synonymy Bolton, 1995: 142) from Egypt - see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0902739


Cerapachys noctambulus maleSantschi's (1910d) description is at {original description}
Donisthorpe's (1939a) descriptions of alfierii and cooperi are at {original description}.

Egypt record as above.

I have placed the workers shown below as the previously unreported workers of noctambulus because the general colouration and shape of the pedicel segments appear very similar.

The Donisthorpe males are almost identical to the noctambulus type male and the Bolton (1995) synonymy under Lioponera longitarsus is changed.



{Cerapachys noctambulus} The photomontage of the type male is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0911262


{Cerapachys noctambulus}The photomontage is of a worker from Senegal, Doyene-KS; collector Lamine Diamé (66). Note: these both have 11-segmented antennae, as does the Yemen worker shown below. The TL is ca. 4.0 mm, HL 0.77, HW 0.62, SL 0.44, EL 0.30; CI 82, SI 60, EI  (EL/HL) 39.

The workers of Lioponera longitarsus have 12-segmented antennae and, although sharing similar morphology and colouration are some 25% smaller. They also have smaller eyes, shorter erect pilosity and a relatively small near circular postpetiole when seen from above.



{Cerapachys noctambulus}The photomontage is of a worker from Senegal,  Thiés; collector Lamine Diamé (67).


Cerapacvhys noctambulusThe photomontage of a worker from Yemen, is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0249497

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