Diagnosis

This large, robust, long-spined ant is known only from Mann's collections and is the only species of Lordomyrma he described that has not been rediscoverd since.  Although the promesonotum is strongly produced in this species, and the petiole has a steep anterior face, it can be differentiated from L. desupra , L. stoneri , L. tortuosa , and L. vuda by the transverse carina posterior to the metanotal groove.  Lordomyrma levifrons is distinguished from the other species with long propodeal spines, L. polita , by the long, fine-tipped hairs present on its face, mesosoma, petiole, and gaster.

Measurement Table

n = 1	TL	HL	HW	CI	SI	REL	PSLI	MFLI	DPWI
min	4.31	0.99	0.89	0.90	0.73	0.21	1.31	1.01	0.90
max	4.31	0.99	0.89	0.90	0.73	0.21	1.31	1.01	0.90

Distribution & Biology

Collected only from the mountains of Viti Levu, little is known about the biology of L. levifrons.

Distribution Table

VL	VN	TV	KV	KR	LA	ML	BQ
x	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Type specimens

Rogeria tortuosa subp. levifrons Mann. Syntype, worker, Nadarivatu, Fiji (W. M. Mann).

Citation of original description

Mann, W. M. (1921). The ants of the Fiji Islands. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 64: 401-499.

Synonyms

Rogeria tortuosa subsp. levifrons

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