Lordomyrma acuminata

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 Specimen Labels

Identification

Keys including this Species

• Key to Lordomyrma species

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -3.033333302° to -3.033333302°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

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

Distribution based on AntMaps

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.

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.

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.

References

• Liu, X., Xu. Z., Hita Garcia, F. 2021. Taxonomic review of the ant genus Lordomyrma Emery, 1897 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from China, with description of two new species and an identification key to the known species of the world. Asian Myrmecology 14: e014007 (doi:10.20362/am.014007).
• Stitz, H. 1912. Ameisen aus Ceram und Neu-Guinea. Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturforsch. Freunde Berl. 1912: 498-514.
• Taylor, R.W. 2009. Ants of the genus Lordomyrma Emery (1) Generic synonymy, composition and distribution, with notes on Ancyridris Wheeler and Cyphoidris Weber. Zootaxa 1979: 16-28.
• Wheeler, W. M. 1919g. The ant genus Lordomyrma Emery. Psyche (Camb.) 26: 97-106.

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.