Lordomyrma is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae.
Distribution and habitat
The genus is known principally from Melanesia and Australia, with the one exception to this otherwise circumscribed distribution being the single species L. azumai from Japan. Most species are denizens of the leaf litter in wet forest habitat, but some are known to nest and forage arboreally.
Description
Members of the genus are small and inconspicuous, maintain colonies of modest size and tend to be shy and retiring when disturbed.
Species
- Lordomyrma accuminata <small>Stitz, 1912</small>
- Lordomyrma azumai <small>(Santschi, 1941)</small>
- Lordomyrma bhutanensis <small>(Baroni Urbani, 1977)</small>
- Lordomyrma caledonica <small>(André, 1889)</small>
- Lordomyrma crawleyi <small>Menozzi, 1923</small>
- Lordomyrma cryptocera <small>Emery, 1897</small>
- Lordomyrma curvata <small>Sarnat, 2006</small>
- Lordomyrma desupra <small>Sarnat, 2006</small>
- Lordomyrma diwata <small>Taylor, 2012</small>
- Lordomyrma emarginata <small>Taylor, 2012</small>
- Lordomyrma epinotalis <small>(Mann, 1919)</small>
- Lordomyrma furcifera <small>Emery, 1897</small>
- Lordomyrma hmong <small>Taylor, 2012</small>
- Lordomyrma idianale <small>Taylor, 2012</small>
- Lordomyrma infundibuli <small>Donisthorpe, 1940</small>
- Lordomyrma lakshmi <small>Taylor, 2012</small>
- Lordomyrma leae <small>Wheeler, 1919</small>
- Lordomyrma levifrons <small>(Mann, 1921)</small>
- Lordomyrma limatula <small>Taylor, 2012</small>
- Lordomyrma nigra <small>Donisthorpe, 1941</small>
- Lordomyrma polita <small>(Mann, 1921)</small>
- Lordomyrma punctiventris <small>Wheeler, 1919</small>
- Lordomyrma reticulata <small>Lucky & Sarnat, 2008</small>
- Lordomyrma rouxi <small>(Emery, 1914)</small>
- Lordomyrma rugosa <small>(Mann, 1921)</small>
- Lordomyrma sarasini <small>(Emery, 1914)</small>
- Lordomyrma sinensis <small>(Ma, Xu, Makio & DuBois, 2007)</small>
- Lordomyrma stoneri <small>(Mann, 1925)</small>
- Lordomyrma striatella <small>(Mann, 1921)</small>
- Lordomyrma sukuna <small>Sarnat, 2006</small>
- Lordomyrma taylori <small>Bharti & Ali, 2013</small>
- Lordomyrma tortuosa <small>(Mann, 1921)</small>
- Lordomyrma vanua <small>Lucky & Sarnat, 2008</small>
- Lordomyrma vuda <small>Sarnat, 2006</small>
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