Lachnomyrmex


Lachnomyrmex is a Neotropical genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae. The genus consists of 16 species restricted to the Neotropics, known from southern Mexico to northern Argentina. 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.

Species

Lachnomyrmex amazonicus Feitosa & Brandão, 2008Lachnomyrmex fernandezi Feitosa & Brandão, 2008Lachnomyrmex grandis Fernández & Baena, 1997Lachnomyrmex haskinsi Smith, 1944Lachnomyrmex laticeps Feitosa & Brandão, 2008Lachnomyrmex lattkei Feitosa & Brandão, 2008Lachnomyrmex longinodus Fernández & Baena, 1997Lachnomyrmex longinoi Feitosa & Brandão, 2008Lachnomyrmex mackayi Feitosa & Brandão, 2008Lachnomyrmex nordestinus Feitosa & Brandão, 2008Lachnomyrmex pilosus Weber, 1950Lachnomyrmex platynodus Feitosa & Brandão, 2008Lachnomyrmex plaumanni Borgmeier, 1957Lachnomyrmex regularis Feitosa & Brandão, 2008Lachnomyrmex scrobiculatus Wheeler, 1910Lachnomyrmex victori Feitosa & Brandão, 2008