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Lioponera
Cerapachys (common names include "raider ant" and "ant-raiding ant") is a genus of ants in the subfamily Dorylinae. Species are mainly myrmecophagous ants which raid the nests of other ants for prey. The genus is distributed widely throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the world, with the majority of species known from the Indo-Australian region.
24 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Lioponera turneri species group
complexLioponera turneri
Lioponera longitarsus species group
complexLioponera longitarsus
Lioponera fervida species group
complexLioponera fervida
Lioponera singularis species group
complexLioponera singularis
Lioponera clarki species group
complexLioponera clarki
Lioponera princeps species group
complexLioponera princeps
Lioponera mayri species group
complexLioponera mayri
Lioponera anokha
speciesLioponera anokha
Lioponera pubescens species group
complexLioponera pubescens
Lioponera nayana
speciesLioponera nayana
Lioponera huode
speciesLioponera huode
Lioponera daikoku
speciesLioponera daikoku
Lioponera desertorum
speciesLioponera desertorum
Lioponera similis
speciesLioponera similis
Lioponera decorsei
speciesLioponera decorsei
Lioponera nigra
speciesLioponera nigra
Lioponera mullewana
speciesLioponera mullewana
Lioponera noctambula
speciesLioponera noctambula
Lioponera parva
speciesLioponera parva
Lioponera rugulinodis
speciesLioponera rugulinodis
Lioponera versicolor
speciesLioponera versicolor
Lioponera bispinata
speciesLioponera bispinata
Lioponera collingwoodi
speciesLioponera collingwoodi
Lioponera aberrans species group
complexLioponera aberrans
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 824448.