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Wheeler — The Ant Genus Lordomyrma Emery 



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5. Lordomyrma punctiventris sp. no v. 

 (Fig. 4.) 



Worker. Length 3-3.2 mm. 



Head subrectangular, a little longer than broad, with nearly 

 straight posterior border and subparallel sides. Eyes small, 

 elongate, placed obliquely a little in front of the middle of the sides. 

 Mandibles like those of lecc but thicker, more deflected at the tips 

 and with slightly concave external borders. Chpeus convex in 

 the middle, with two strong carinse, which do not reach the ante- 

 rior border. The surface between them is concave. Antennal 



Figure 4. Lordomyrma punctiventris sp. nov. ; a, thorax and abdomen of worker; 

 b, head and c, antenna of same; d, antenna and e, wing of male. 



scrobes more sharply defined and deeper than in lecp, complete 

 behind, about i as long as the head, the prolonged frontal carinee 

 more prominent. Antennal scapes stout, as long as head; fu- 

 nicular joints 2-7 very short and transverse, 9 and 10 together 

 shorter than the terminal joint. Thorax more robust than in leer, 

 with dentate humeral angles, the pro- and mesonotum above 

 rounded and slightly depressed, the latter falling less abruptly 



