Biology:Philidris
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Short description: Genus of ants
| Philidris | |
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| Philidris brunnea worker | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
| Tribe: | Leptomyrmecini |
| Genus: | Philidris Shattuck, 1992 |
| Type species | |
| Formica cordata | |
| Diversity[1] | |
| 9 species | |
Philidris is a genus of ants in the subfamily Dolichoderinae.[2] The genus is known from tropical forests from eastern India to northern Australia . It is similar to the genus Iridomyrmex, from where the type species was transferred from by Shattuck (1992).[3]
Species
- Philidris brunnea (Donisthorpe, 1949)
- Philidris cordata (Smith, 1859)
- Philidris cruda (Smith, 1860)
- Philidris jiugongshanensis Wang & Wu, 2007
- Philidris laevigata (Emery, 1895)
- Philidris myrmecodiae (Emery, 1887)
- Philidris nagasau (Mann, 1921)
- Philidris notiala Zhou & Zheng, 1998
- Philidris pubescens (Donisthorpe, 1949)
References
- ↑ Bolton, B. (2014). "Philidris". AntCat. http://antcat.org/catalog/429112.
- ↑ "Genus: Philidris". AntWeb. http://www.antweb.org/description.do?name=philidris&rank=genus&project=allantwebants. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
- ↑ Shattuck, S. O. (1992). "Review of the dolichoderine ant genus Iridomyrmex Mayr with descriptions of three new genera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).". Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 31: 13–18. doi:10.1111/j.1440-6055.1992.tb00453.x.
External links
- Phildris on AntWiki
Wikidata ☰ Q10349141 entry
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