Gaoligongidris

Gaoligongidris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Gaoligongidris
Xu, 2012
Species: G. planidorsa
Binomial name
Gaoligongidris planodorsa
Xu, 2012

Gaoligongidris (named after the type locality) is an Asian genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae.[1] It contains the single species Gaoligongidris planodorsa, collected in the Gaoligong Mountains, Yunnan Province, China. The genus is known only from workers and nests in the soil, and forages on the ground. While similar to the genus Lophomyrmex of the tribe Attini, Gaoligongidris is most closely related to the Indo-Australian Lasiomyrma, tribe Crematogastrini.[2]

References

  1. Bolton, B. (2016). "Gaoligongidris". AntCat. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
  2. Xu, Z.-H. (2012). "Gaoligongidris planodorsa, a new genus and species of the ant subfamily Myrmicinae from China with a key to the genera of Stenammini of the world (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).". Sociobiology 59: 331–342. doi:10.13102/sociobiology.v59i2.594.
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