Lordomyrma acuminata

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Lordomyrma acuminata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Lordomyrma
Species: L. acuminata
Binomial name
Lordomyrma acuminata
Stitz, 1912

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Specimen Labels

Identification

Keys including this Species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -3.033333302° to -3.033333302°.

 
North
Temperate
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Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
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Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Indo-Australian Region: New Guinea (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Countries Occupied

Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.
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Estimated Abundance

Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species.
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Biology

Castes

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Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • acuminata. Lordomyrma cryptocera var. accuminata Stitz, 1912: 504 (w.) NEW GUINEA (no state data).
    • Type-material: 4 syntype workers.
    • Type-locality: New Guinea: (no further data), Kaiserin-Augustafluss-Expd. (Bürgers).
    • Type-depository: MNHU.
    • [Justified emendation of spelling to acuminata: Wheeler, W.M. 1919f: 102.]
    • Subspecies of cryptocera: Wheeler, W.M. 1919f: 102; Emery, 1924d: 239; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 117; Bolton, 1995b: 248.
    • Status as species: Taylor, 2009: 17; Liu, X., Xu, et al. 2021: 18 (in key).
    • Distribution: Papua New Guinea.

Description

References

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • CSIRO Collection
  • Donisthorpe H. 1940. Lordomyrma infundibuli (Hym., Formicidae), a new species of ant from Dutch New Guinea. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 76: 45-47.
  • Janda M., G. D. Alpert, M. L. Borowiec, E. P. Economo, P. Klimes, E. Sarnat, and S. O. Shattuck. 2011. Cheklist of ants described and recorded from New Guinea and associated islands. Available on http://www.newguineants.org/. Accessed on 24th Feb. 2011.
  • Lucky A., and E. M. Sarnat. 2008. New species of Lordomyrma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Southeast Asia and Fiji. Zootaxa 1681: 37-46.
  • Stitz H. 1912. Ameisen aus Ceram und Neu-Guinea. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1912: 498-514.
  • Wheeler W. M. 1919. The ant genus Lordomyrma Emery. Psyche (Cambridge) 26: 97-106.