Lividopone

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Lividopone
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Genus: Lividopone
Fisher & Bolton, 2016
Species:
L. livida
Binomial name
Lividopone livida
(Brown, 1975)
Synonyms
  • Cerapachys lividus
    Brown, 1975 [1]

Lividopone is a monotypic genus of ants belonging to the family Formicidae [2] containing the single species Lividopone livida and is endemic to Madagascar. [3]


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References

  1. Bolton, B. (2021). "Lividopone". AntCat. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  2. "Lividopone Fisher & Bolton, 2016". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  3. "Genus: Lividopone". antweb.org. AntWeb . Retrieved 4 June 2021.