Lordomyrma vanua Lucky & Sarnat 2008
Fiji
image by A. Lucky & E. Sarnat
Last week's Zootaxa contained a excellent short paper by Andrea Lucky and Eli Sarnat describing a pair of new Lordomyrma species, including the beautiful L. vanua pictured above. As is true of most insects, Lordomyrma vanua remains a largely unknown quantity. It has been collected just twice, both times from the island of Vanua, in Fiji, for which it is named.
Source: Lucky, A. & E. M. Sarnat. 2008. New species of Lordomyrma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Southeast Asia and Fiji. Zootaxa 1681: 37-46.
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It's always a delight when a new species is discovered. :D Thanks for news about the discovery.
My wife and I have been thinking about going to Fiji recently... Perhaps I'll get a chance to take a shot of one if I get lucky. That's one place at least that she has no problems going to. :)
When are we going to get a Sarnat Ant already?
Is it harmless?