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Issue: Vol. 1681 No. 1: 16 Jan. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-01-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1681.1.3
Page range: 37–46
Abstract views: 68
PDF downloaded: 24

New species of Lordomyrma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Southeast Asia and Fiji

University of California, Davis, Department of Entomology, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
University of California, Davis, Department of Entomology, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
Hymenoptera Borneo Fiji Formicidae Malaysia Myrmicinae new species systematics taxonomy

Abstract

Two new species of Lordomyrma are described: L. reticulata sp. nov. from Malaysian Borneo and L. vanua sp. nov. from Fiji. The occurrence of the former in Borneo expands the range of this genus to include Southeast Asia and the description of a new Fijian Lordomyrma indicates that this genus remains to be fully sampled, even in regions where it is considered to be well known. Taken together, these two findings suggest that Lordomyrma occupies a less disjunct distribution and is more widely distributed than previously suspected. There is a need for further sampling to reveal both diversity and distribution in this cryptic genus.

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