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Lachnomyrmex
L. scrobiculatus worker from Costa Rica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Hymenoptera
Family:
Formicidae
Subfamily:
Myrmicinae
Tribe:
Attini
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

References

  1. ^ Bolton, B. (2014). "Lachnomyrmex". AntCat. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
  2. ^ "Genus: Lachnomyrmex". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  3. ^ 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. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1890.1.1.


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