Diagnosis
One of the larger species of Lordomyrma in Fiji, L. stoneri has an attractive and shining reddish-brown integument and strong, upturned spines. The species lacks a carinate anterior margin on the dorsal face of its propodeum and all examined specimens possess a robustly produced promesonotum that bulges above the level of its head and propodeum. Of the other three Fijian species that possess these characters, L. stoneri can be distinguished from L. tortuosa by its weaker face sculpture, and from L. desupra and L. vuda by its strongly upturned propodeal spines. The only other species that has strongly upturned spines is L. curvata , which is almost half the size of L. stoneri, has a strongly carinate anterior margin of the dorsal face of its propodeum, and has a strong rugoreticulum on the posterolateral corners of its head.
Measurement Table
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| min | 4.21 | 0.95 | 0.82 | 0.85 | 0.72 | 0.18 | 0.96 | 0.91 | 1.00 |
| max | 5.52 | 1.00 | 0.89 | 0.87 | 0.76 | 0.24 | 1.11 | 1.07 | 1.07 |
Distribution & Biology
Lordomyrma stoneri appears to be constricted to a narrow range of mountains in south-eastern Viti Levu, close to Suva. Little is known about the biology of this species, but it has been collected by litter sifting.
Distribution Table
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Type specimens
Rogeria tortuosa subp. stoneri Mann. Syntype, worker, Tamavua, Fiji (W. M. Mann).
Citation of original description
Mann, W. M. (1925). Ants collected by the University of Iowa Fiji-New Zealand Expedition. Studies in Natural History, Iowa University 11: 5-6.
Synonyms
Rogeria tortuosa subp. stoneri
Classification
Vespoidea: Formicidae: Myrmicinae: Stenammini