Lachnomyrmex
| Lachnomyrmex | |
|---|---|
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| L. scrobiculatus worker from Costa Rica | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Stenammini |
| Genus: | Lachnomyrmex Wheeler, 1910 |
| Type species | |
| Lachnomyrmex scrobiculatus Wheeler, 1910 | |
| Diversity[1] | |
| 16 species | |
Lachnomyrmex is a Neotropical genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae.[2] The genus consists of 16 species restricted to the Neotropics, known from southern Mexico to northern Argentina (and Trinidad just off the coast of Venezuela). They are most often found in the leaf litter of wet forests, with nests located on the ground. Workers forage alone, apparently without recruiting nestmates or using pheromones. Within the tribe Stenammini, they seem to be most closely related to the genera Lordomyrma of Indo-Australia and Cyphoidris of Africa.[3]
Species
- Lachnomyrmex amazonicus Feitosa & Brandão, 2008
- Lachnomyrmex fernandezi Feitosa & Brandão, 2008
- Lachnomyrmex grandis Fernández & Baena, 1997
- Lachnomyrmex haskinsi Smith, 1944
- Lachnomyrmex laticeps Feitosa & Brandão, 2008
- Lachnomyrmex lattkei Feitosa & Brandão, 2008
- Lachnomyrmex longinodus Fernández & Baena, 1997
- Lachnomyrmex longinoi Feitosa & Brandão, 2008
- Lachnomyrmex mackayi Feitosa & Brandão, 2008
- Lachnomyrmex nordestinus Feitosa & Brandão, 2008
- Lachnomyrmex pilosus Weber, 1950
- Lachnomyrmex platynodus Feitosa & Brandão, 2008
- Lachnomyrmex plaumanni Borgmeier, 1957
- Lachnomyrmex regularis Feitosa & Brandão, 2008
- Lachnomyrmex scrobiculatus Wheeler, 1910
- Lachnomyrmex victori Feitosa & Brandão, 2008
References
- ↑ Bolton, B. (2014). "Lachnomyrmex". AntCat. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
- ↑ "Genus: Lachnomyrmex". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- ↑ Feitosa, R. M.; Brandão, C. R. F. (2008). "A taxonomic revision of the Neotropical myrmicine ant genus Lachnomyrmex Wheeler (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).". Zootaxa 1890: 1–49.
External links
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