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The
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<taxonomicName id="4C654D46FFC7C464FF74232DB558FDAC" ID-CoL="5GSQ" box="[207,365,530,556]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lordomyrma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="21" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="B911EAD7FFC7C464FF74232DB558FDAC" bold="true" box="[207,365,530,556]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="21">Lordomyrma</emphasis>
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fauna of
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<collectingCountry id="F3727655FFC7C464FE58232DB694FDAC" box="[483,673,530,556]" name="New Caledonia" pageId="5" pageNumber="21">New Caledonia</collectingCountry>
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The main
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<collectingCountry id="F3727655FFC7C464FEAA2367B56CFDF2" box="[273,345,600,626]" name="Iceland" pageId="5" pageNumber="21">Island</collectingCountry>
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of
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<collectingCountry id="F3727655FFC7C464FE392367B60CFDF2" box="[386,569,600,626]" name="New Caledonia" pageId="5" pageNumber="21">New Caledonia</collectingCountry>
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is estimated to cover 6, 223 sq.mi., or c. 16, 110 sq.km (
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<bibRefCitation id="EFF44B34FFC7C464FB5E2367B1BAFDF2" author="Robson" box="[1253,1423,600,626]" pageId="5" pageNumber="28" refString="Robson, R. W. (1963) Pacific Islands Year Book and Who's Who, 9 th edition (J. Tudor ed.), 156 pp. Pacific Publications, Sydney, Australia." type="book" year="1963">Robson, 1963</bibRefCitation>
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). The ANIC, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (Noumea) and Queensland Museum collections contain over 25, sometimes bizarre
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<taxonomicName id="4C654D46FFC7C464FD832397B6E5FD41" box="[568,720,680,705]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lordomyrma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="21" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="B911EAD7FFC7C464FD832397B6E5FD41" box="[568,720,680,705]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="21">Lordomyrma</emphasis>
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species. Only three of which have been scientifically named, and they were first assigned to separate genera. Considering the small size of the island this fauna is very species-rich and spectacularly morphologically diverse. This is arguably the world's most impressive known formicid species flock.
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<taxonomicName id="4C654D46FFC7C464FF7E2277B553FCE1" box="[197,358,840,865]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Podomyrma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="21" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="caledonica">
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<emphasis id="B911EAD7FFC7C464FF7E2277B553FCE1" box="[197,358,840,865]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="21">L. caledonica</emphasis>
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was assigned from
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<emphasis id="B911EAD7FFC7C464FDE92277B6D4FCE1" box="[594,737,840,865]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="21">Podomyrma</emphasis>
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to
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<emphasis id="B911EAD7FFC7C464FCB32277B795FCE1" box="[776,928,840,865]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="21">Lordomyrma</emphasis>
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when the genus was established by
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<bibRefCitation id="EFF44B34FFC7C464FAF52277B4DCFC0A" author="Emery" pageId="5" pageNumber="27" refString="Emery, C. (1897) Formicidarum species novae vel minus cognitae in collectionae Musaei Nationalis Hungarici, quas in Nova-Guinea, Colonia Germanica, collecit L. Biro. Termeszetrajzi Fuzetek, 20, 571 - 599." type="journal article" year="1897">Emery (1897)</bibRefCitation>
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. Its general attributes (
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<figureCitation id="135E2A40FFC7C464FE4C224FB64BFC0A" box="[503,638,880,906]" captionStart="FIGURES 13, 14" captionStartId="7.[151,269,1632,1656]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,203,1600]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[151,1436,203,1602]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURES 13, 14. Lordomyrma caledonica, New Caledonica, HW 1.06 mm, WL 1.61 mm. FIGURES 15, 16. Lordomyrma sarasini, New Caledonica, HW 1.01 mm, WL 1.42 mm. FIGURES 17, 18. Lordomyrma rouxi, New Caledonica, HW 1.68 mm, WL 2.01 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/274642/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="21">Figs 13, 14</figureCitation>
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) relate appropriately to those of
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<emphasis id="B911EAD7FFC7C464FBBF224FB0BFFC09" box="[1028,1162,880,905]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="21">L. furcifera</emphasis>
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(
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<figureCitation id="135E2A40FFC7C464FB21224FB130FC0A" box="[1178,1285,880,906]" captionStart="FIGURES 7, 8" captionStartId="6.[151,269,1702,1726]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,197,1674]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[151,1436,197,1675]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURES 7, 8. Lordomyrma furcifera, Papua New Guinea, HW 0.89 mm, WL 1.32 mm. FIGURES 9, 10. Lordomyrma infundibuli, West Papua, HW 0.99 mm, WL 1.36 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/274641/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="21">Figs 7, 8</figureCitation>
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).
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<taxonomicName id="4C654D46FFC7C464FAA6224FB1A8FC09" box="[1309,1437,880,905]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Prodicroaspis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="21" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sarasini">
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<emphasis id="B911EAD7FFC7C464FAA6224FB1A8FC09" box="[1309,1437,880,905]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="21">L. sarasini</emphasis>
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(Figs 15, 16) and
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<taxonomicName id="4C654D46FFC7C464FED022A7B5F3FC31" box="[363,454,920,945]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Promeranoplus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="21" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rouxi">
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<emphasis id="B911EAD7FFC7C464FED022A7B5F3FC31" box="[363,454,920,945]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="21">L. rouxi</emphasis>
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(Figs 17, 18) were described by Emery in 1911 as
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species respectively of the seemingly distinctive and strikingly aberrant new monotypic genera
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<emphasis id="B911EAD7FFC7C464FC7E22FFB05CFC59" box="[965,1129,960,985]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="21">Prodicroaspis</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B911EAD7FFC7C464FB1F22FFB16CFC59" box="[1188,1369,960,985]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="21">Promeranoplus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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, now synonymised under
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<taxonomicName id="4C654D46FFC7C464FE3F22D7B629FB81" box="[388,540,1000,1025]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lordomyrma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="21" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="B911EAD7FFC7C464FE3F22D7B629FB81" box="[388,540,1000,1025]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="21">Lordomyrma</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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. They are the only ant genera recently considered endemic to
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<collectingCountry id="F3727655FFC7C464FB4422D7B48AFBAA" name="New Caledonia" pageId="5" pageNumber="21">New Caledonia</collectingCountry>
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.
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<paragraph id="8BDA36C5FFC7C464FF7E2507B004FA9A" blockId="5.[151,1437,600,2028]" pageId="5" pageNumber="21">
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The synonymies of
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<emphasis id="B911EAD7FFC7C464FE0B2507B661FBD1" box="[432,596,1080,1105]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="21">Prodicroaspis</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B911EAD7FFC7C464FD342507B771FBD1" box="[655,836,1080,1105]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="21">Promeranoplus</emphasis>
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are justified in light of the extreme morphological diversity seen among the undescribed New Caledonian
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<taxonomicName id="4C654D46FFC7C464FC91255FB7F7FBF9" box="[810,962,1120,1145]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lordomyrma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="21" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="B911EAD7FFC7C464FC91255FB7F7FBF9" box="[810,962,1120,1145]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="21">Lordomyrma</emphasis>
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species. Their
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species and
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<taxonomicName id="4C654D46FFC7C464FAFA255FB4D2FB21" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Podomyrma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="21" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="caledonica">
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<emphasis id="B911EAD7FFC7C464FAFA255FB4D2FB21" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="21">L. caledonica</emphasis>
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are linked by other species to more conservative taxa with habitus similar to that of the Australian
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<emphasis id="B911EAD7FFC7C464FF2C258FB505FB49" box="[151,304,1200,1225]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="21">punctiventris</emphasis>
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group. Also, several other highly aberrant, clearly congeneric, apparently separately derived but linked
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<taxonomicName id="4C654D46FFC7C464FF5025E7B5B6FB71" box="[235,387,1240,1265]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lordomyrma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="21" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="B911EAD7FFC7C464FF5025E7B5B6FB71" box="[235,387,1240,1265]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="21">Lordomyrma</emphasis>
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species are represented on
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<collectingCountry id="F3727655FFC7C464FD6C25E7B7A1FB72" box="[727,916,1240,1266]" name="New Caledonia" pageId="5" pageNumber="21">New Caledonia</collectingCountry>
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. Details will be presented elsewhere. Nine investigated New Caledonian species have the palpal formula 3:3, one has 3:2.
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Most of these taxa are represented by limited material and it is unlikely that New Caledonian
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<emphasis id="B911EAD7FFC7C464FABF2417B1A9FAC1" box="[1284,1436,1320,1345]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="21">Lordomyrma</emphasis>
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species-numeric or morphological diversity is well represented. Even now, however, there is on average 1 known
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<emphasis id="B911EAD7FFC7C464FF542444B5B2FA14" box="[239,391,1403,1428]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="21">Lordomyrma</emphasis>
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species for approximately each 280 sq.mi. (c. 16.8 mi2), or 730 sq.km.(
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<quantity id="4C9D9B20FFC7C464FB672445B11CFA14" box="[1244,1321,1402,1428]" metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.7" pageId="5" pageNumber="21" unit="km" value="27.0">27 km</quantity>
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2) of New Caledonian mainland. If study of these ants is to yield information of maximum value to the understanding of their evolutionary proliferation, detailed biogeographic data must be gathered before habitat modification or destruction further disrupts the natural species-distribution patterns. The potential scientific importance of the New Caledonian
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<emphasis id="B911EAD7FFC7C464FED92724B5CFF9B4" box="[354,506,1563,1588]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="21">Lordomyrma</emphasis>
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fauna in a world of diminishing nature cannot be overestimated!
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<paragraph id="8BDA36C5FFC7C464FF7E277CB63AF954" blockId="5.[151,1437,600,2028]" pageId="5" pageNumber="21">
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<taxonomicName id="4C654D46FFC7C464FF7E277CB568F9DC" box="[197,349,1603,1628]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lordomyrma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="21" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="B911EAD7FFC7C464FF7E277CB568F9DC" box="[197,349,1603,1628]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="21">Lordomyrma</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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is not the only significant, unusually species-rich and morphologically disparate formicid genus known from the biologically very special, but environmentally threatened, island of
|
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<collectingCountry id="F3727655FFC7C464FB672755B1ACF904" box="[1244,1433,1642,1668]" name="New Caledonia" pageId="5" pageNumber="21">New Caledonia</collectingCountry>
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. Indeed, the taxonomic analysis and evolutionary investigation of the whole New Caledonian ant fauna deserves high scientific priority.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BDA36C5FFC7C464FF7E27DDB719F86C" blockId="5.[151,1437,600,2028]" pageId="5" pageNumber="21">
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Other significant myrmicine genera include
|
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<taxonomicName id="4C654D46FFC7C464FD6727DCB74EF97C" box="[732,891,1763,1788]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Monomorium" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="21" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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||
<emphasis id="B911EAD7FFC7C464FD6727DCB74EF97C" box="[732,891,1763,1788]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="21">Monomorium</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(=
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C654D46FFC7C464FC1027DCB02DF97C" box="[939,1048,1763,1788]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Chelaner" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="21" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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||
<emphasis id="B911EAD7FFC7C464FC1027DCB02DF97C" box="[939,1048,1763,1788]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="21">Chelaner</emphasis>
|
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</taxonomicName>
|
||
) and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C654D46FFC7C464FBDA27DCB0DEF97C" box="[1121,1259,1763,1788]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Vollenhovia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="21" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B911EAD7FFC7C464FBDA27DCB0DEF97C" box="[1121,1259,1763,1788]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="21">Vollenhovia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. The ponerine genus
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C654D46FFC7C464FF592634B544F8A4" box="[226,369,1803,1828]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Discothyrea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="21" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B911EAD7FFC7C464FF592634B544F8A4" box="[226,369,1803,1828]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="21">Discothyrea</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is known from its representation in the ANIC to comprise more species on
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F3727655FFC7C464FB5D2635B1A9F8A4" box="[1254,1436,1802,1828]" name="New Caledonia" pageId="5" pageNumber="21">New Caledonia</collectingCountry>
|
||
than are known from all of
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F3727655FFC7C464FE5C260DB660F8CC" box="[487,597,1842,1868]" name="Australia" pageId="5" pageNumber="21">Australia</collectingCountry>
|
||
, including taxa perhaps as divergent within the genus as those of any continent (even though only one species has been described). The known New Caledonian
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C654D46FFC7C464FB552664B1A9F8F4" box="[1262,1436,1883,1908]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Rhytidoponera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="21" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B911EAD7FFC7C464FB552664B1A9F8F4" box="[1262,1436,1883,1908]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="21">Rhytidoponera</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
species have been reviewed by
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFF44B34FFC7C464FDB726BDB690F81C" author="Ward" box="[524,677,1922,1948]" pageId="5" pageNumber="28" refString="Ward, P. S. (1984) A revision of the ant genus Rhytidoponera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in New Caledonia. Australian Journal of Zoology. 32, 131 - 175" type="journal article" year="1984">Ward (1984)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
. With 18 somewhat morphologically disparate taxa this fauna is more species-rich than that of perhaps any comparable land area of
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F3727655FFC7C464FC0A2695B02AF844" box="[945,1055,1962,1988]" name="Australia" pageId="5" pageNumber="21">Australia</collectingCountry>
|
||
, where
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C654D46FFC7C464FBC12694B11DF844" box="[1146,1320,1963,1988]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Rhytidoponera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="21" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B911EAD7FFC7C464FBC12694B11DF844" box="[1146,1320,1963,1988]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="21">Rhytidoponera</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is overall
|
||
<emphasis id="B911EAD7FFC7C464FF2C26ECB48EF86C" box="[151,187,2003,2028]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="21">the</emphasis>
|
||
most prominent and species-rich ponerine ant genus.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<caption id="DF1A664DFFC4C467FF2C2799B020F960" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/274641/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="22" targetBox="[151,1436,197,1674]" targetPageId="6">
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||
<paragraph id="8BDA36C5FFC4C467FF2C2799B020F960" blockId="6.[151,1113,1702,1795]" pageId="6" pageNumber="22">
|
||
<emphasis id="B911EAD7FFC4C467FF2C2799B50EF93E" bold="true" box="[151,315,1702,1726]" pageId="6" pageNumber="22">FIGURES 7,8.</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C654D46FFC4C467FEF82799B605F93D" box="[323,560,1702,1725]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lordomyrma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="22" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="furcifera">
|
||
<emphasis id="B911EAD7FFC4C467FEF82799B605F93D" box="[323,560,1702,1725]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="22">Lordomyrma furcifera</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, Papua New Guinea, HW 0.89mm, WL 1.32mm.
|
||
<emphasis id="B911EAD7FFC4C467FF2C27F7B57CF960" bold="true" box="[151,329,1736,1760]" pageId="6" pageNumber="22">FIGURES 9,10.</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C654D46FFC4C467FEEB27F6B660F960" box="[336,597,1737,1760]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lordomyrma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="22" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="infundibuli">
|
||
<emphasis id="B911EAD7FFC4C467FEEB27F6B660F960" box="[336,597,1737,1760]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="22">Lordomyrma infundibuli</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, West Papua, HW 0.99mm, WL 1.36mm.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<caption id="DF1A664DFFC4C467FF2C27D4B06CF882" box="[151,1113,1771,1795]" pageId="6" pageNumber="22">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BDA36C5FFC4C467FF2C27D4B06CF882" blockId="6.[151,1113,1702,1795]" box="[151,1113,1771,1795]" pageId="6" pageNumber="22">
|
||
<emphasis id="B911EAD7FFC4C467FF2C27D4B560F883" bold="true" box="[151,341,1771,1795]" pageId="6" pageNumber="22">FIGURES 11,12.</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C654D46FFC4C467FEE727D4B67DF882" box="[348,584,1771,1794]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lordomyrma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="22" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="crawleyi">
|
||
<emphasis id="B911EAD7FFC4C467FEE727D4B67DF882" box="[348,584,1771,1794]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="22">Lordomyrma crawleyi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, Papua New Guinea, HW 0.89mm, WL 1.32mm.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BDA36C5FFC4C467FF7E2609B528F848" blockId="6.[151,1436,1846,1992]" pageId="6" pageNumber="22">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C654D46FFC4C467FF7E2609B546F8CF" box="[197,371,1846,1871]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Rhytidoponera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="22" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B911EAD7FFC4C467FF7E2609B546F8CF" box="[197,371,1846,1871]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="22">Rhytidoponera</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is the most comprehensively known New Caledonian ant genus, yet 11 of its 18 known valid species were unnamed until described by Ward in 1984 (and most of them were first collected by him only shortly before). The remaining 7 species were described in 1839, 1883 (2 species), 1914,
|
||
<date id="FFDB1005FFC4C467FB5626B9B11DF820" box="[1261,1320,1926,1952]" pageId="6" pageNumber="22" value="1924" valueMax="1958">1924</date>
|
||
and 1958 (2 species).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<caption id="DF1A664DFFC5C466FF2C275FB02CF93C" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/274642/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="23" targetBox="[151,1436,203,1600]" targetPageId="7">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BDA36C5FFC5C466FF2C275FB02CF93C" blockId="7.[151,1111,1632,1725]" pageId="7" pageNumber="23">
|
||
<emphasis id="B911EAD7FFC5C466FF2C275FB563F9F8" bold="true" box="[151,342,1632,1656]" pageId="7" pageNumber="23">FIGURES 13,14.</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C654D46FFC5C466FEE6275FB656F9F7" box="[349,611,1632,1655]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lordomyrma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="caledonica">
|
||
<emphasis id="B911EAD7FFC5C466FEE6275FB656F9F7" box="[349,611,1632,1655]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="23">Lordomyrma caledonica</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, New
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C654D46FFC5C466FD12275FB711F9F7" box="[681,804,1632,1655]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lordomyrma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="caledonica">Caledonica</taxonomicName>
|
||
, HW 1.06mm, WL 1.61mm.
|
||
<emphasis id="B911EAD7FFC5C466FF2C27BDB563F91A" bold="true" box="[151,342,1666,1690]" pageId="7" pageNumber="23">FIGURES 15,16.</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C654D46FFC5C466FEE627BCB671F91A" box="[349,580,1667,1690]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lordomyrma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sarasini">
|
||
<emphasis id="B911EAD7FFC5C466FEE627BCB671F91A" box="[349,580,1667,1690]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="23">Lordomyrma sarasini</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, New
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C654D46FFC5C466FD3127BCB730F91A" box="[650,773,1667,1690]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lordomyrma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="caledonica">Caledonica</taxonomicName>
|
||
, HW 1.01mm, WL 1.42mm.
|
||
<emphasis id="B911EAD7FFC5C466FF2C279AB563F93D" bold="true" box="[151,342,1701,1725]" pageId="7" pageNumber="23">FIGURES 17,18.</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C654D46FFC5C466FEE62799B610F93D" box="[349,549,1702,1725]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lordomyrma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rouxi">
|
||
<emphasis id="B911EAD7FFC5C466FEE62799B610F93D" box="[349,549,1702,1725]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="23">Lordomyrma rouxi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, New
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C654D46FFC5C466FDD7279AB6D2F93C" box="[620,743,1701,1724]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Lordomyrma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="caledonica">Caledonica</taxonomicName>
|
||
, HW 1.68mm, WL 2.01mm.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BDA36C5FFC5C466FF7E27CFB561F852" blockId="7.[151,1436,1776,2002]" pageId="7" pageNumber="23">
|
||
The priority for research on New Caledonian ants is now urgent, considering the presence on the island of the myrmecologically super-dominant introduced Central American myrmicine ‘Little Fire Ant’
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C654D46FFC5C466FAAF2626B501F8DA" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Wasmannia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="auropunctata">
|
||
<emphasis id="B911EAD7FFC5C466FAAF2626B501F8DA" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="23">Wasmannia auropunctata</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, which has the potential to violently disrupt local ant faunas and to eradicate other ants, insects and higher animals from its domain.
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C654D46FFC5C466FDF12656B6E7F802" box="[586,722,1897,1922]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Wasmannia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="23" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B911EAD7FFC5C466FDF12656B6E7F802" box="[586,722,1897,1922]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="23">Wasmannia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
has been present for at least 30 years and was already widespread when first reported (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFF44B34FFC5C466FE6026AFB6C4F82A" author="Fabres" box="[475,753,1936,1962]" pageId="7" pageNumber="27" refString="Fabres, G. & Brown, W. L. Jr (1978) The recent introduction of the pest ant Wasmannia auropunctata into New Caledonia. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society, 17, 139 - 142" type="journal article" year="1978">Fabres & Brown, 1978</bibRefCitation>
|
||
). Modern records show it now to be almost ubiquitous on
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F3727655FFC5C466FF2C2687B565F852" box="[151,336,1976,2002]" name="New Caledonia" pageId="7" pageNumber="23">New Caledonia</collectingCountry>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
</document> |