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Issue: Vol. 3282 No. 1: 27 Apr. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-04-27
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3282.1.3
Page range: 45–60
Abstract views: 41
PDF downloaded: 3

Ants of the genus Lordomyrma Emery (2) The Japanese L. azumai (Santschi) and six new species from India, Viet Nam and the Philippines (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae)

Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2600, Australia Honorary Research Fellow, CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia
Hymenoptera Ants Formicidae Lordomyrma Stenamma Lasiomyrma taxonomy new species biogeography Japan Honshu Shikoku Kyushu India Kerala Viet Nam Lao Cai Philippines Luzon Leyte Mt Isarog

Abstract

Lordomyrma is recorded for the first time from India and mainland southeast Asia. The Japanese L. azumai is reviewedand six new worker-based species described: L. lakshmi (Kerala State, India); L. hmong (Lao Cai Province, Vietnam); L.diwata, L. emarginata and L. idianale (Mt Isarog, Luzon, Philippines) and L. limatula (Leyte, Philippines). Gynes are characterized for L. azumai, L. hmong and L. limatula. All taxa are diagnosed, illustrated, and their affinities discussed.

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