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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 (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.
10 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Lachnomyrmex plaumanni
speciesLachnomyrmex plaumanni
Lachnomyrmex scrobiculatus
speciesLachnomyrmex scrobiculatus
Lachnomyrmex longinoi
speciesLachnomyrmex longinoi
Lachnomyrmex pilosus
speciesLachnomyrmex pilosus
Lachnomyrmex victori
speciesLachnomyrmex victori
Lachnomyrmex nordestinus
speciesLachnomyrmex nordestinus
Lachnomyrmex longinodus
speciesLachnomyrmex longinodus
Lachnomyrmex platynodus
speciesLachnomyrmex platynodus
Lachnomyrmex grandis
speciesLachnomyrmex grandis
Lachnomyrmex amazonicus
speciesLachnomyrmex amazonicus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 250820.