Lordomyrma
Genus of ants
Lordomyrma genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae .[ 4]
Distribution and habitat
The genus is known principally from Melanesia and Australia , with the one exception to this otherwise circumscribed distribution being the single species L. azumai Japan . Most species are denizens of the leaf litter in wet forest habitat, but some are known to nest and forage arboreally.[ 5]
Description
Members of the genus are small and inconspicuous, maintain colonies of modest size and tend to be shy and retiring when disturbed.[ 5]
Species
Lordomyrma accuminata Stitz, 1912 Lordomyrma azumai (Santschi, 1941) Lordomyrma bhutanensis (Baroni Urbani, 1977) Lordomyrma caledonica (André, 1889) Lordomyrma crawleyi Menozzi, 1923 Lordomyrma cryptocera Emery, 1897 Lordomyrma curvata Sarnat, 2006 Lordomyrma desupra Sarnat, 2006 Lordomyrma diwata Taylor, 2012 Lordomyrma emarginata Taylor, 2012 Lordomyrma epinotalis (Mann, 1919) Lordomyrma furcifera Emery, 1897 Lordomyrma hmong Taylor, 2012 Lordomyrma idianale Taylor, 2012 Lordomyrma infundibuli Donisthorpe, 1940 Lordomyrma lakshmi Taylor, 2012 Lordomyrma leae Wheeler, 1919 Lordomyrma levifrons (Mann, 1921) Lordomyrma limatula Taylor, 2012 Lordomyrma nigra Donisthorpe, 1941 Lordomyrma polita (Mann, 1921) Lordomyrma punctiventris Wheeler, 1919 Lordomyrma reticulata Lucky & Sarnat, 2008 Lordomyrma rouxi (Emery, 1914) Lordomyrma rugosa (Mann, 1921) Lordomyrma sarasini (Emery, 1914) Lordomyrma sinensis (Ma, Xu, Makio & DuBois, 2007) Lordomyrma stoneri (Mann, 1925) Lordomyrma striatella (Mann, 1921) Lordomyrma sukuna Sarnat, 2006 Lordomyrma taylori Bharti & Ali, 2013 Lordomyrma tortuosa (Mann, 1921) Lordomyrma vanua Lucky & Sarnat, 2008 Lordomyrma vuda Sarnat, 2006
Notes
^ The type species is Lordomyrma furcifera (by subsequent designation of Wheeler (1911)),[ 1] Podomyrma caledonica , an incorrect subsequent designation by Wheeler (1919).[ 2] [ 3]
References
^ Wheeler, W. M. (1911), "A list of the type species of the genera and subgenera of Formicidae" (PDF) , Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences , 21 : 157– 175, doi :10.1111/j.1749-6632.1911.tb56932.x , S2CID 85430772 ^ a b Bolton, B. (2014). "Lordomyrma " . AntCat . Retrieved 3 July 2014 .^ Wheeler, W. M. (1919), "The ant genus Lordomyrma Emery" , Psyche: A Journal of Entomology 26 (4): 97– 106, doi :10.1155/1919/78258 ^ "Genus: Lordomyrma " . antweb.org . AntWeb . Retrieved 23 September 2013 .^ a b Lucky, Andrea; Sarnat, Eli M. (2008), "New species of Lordomyrma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Southeast Asia and Fiji." (PDF) , Zootaxa 1681 : 37– 46, doi :10.11646/zootaxa.1681.1.3
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