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