Gracilidris humiloides

†Gracilidris humiloides
Temporal range: Early Miocene
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Dominican amber
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Genus: Gracilidris
Species: †G. humiloides
Binomial name
†Gracilidris humiloides
(Wilson, 1985)

Gracilidris humiloides is an extinct species of ant in the genus Gracilidris. It was discovered in the Dominican amber, only known from a single specimen, described by Wilson in 1985.[1]

Classification

Being only known from a single species described in 1985, the species was first placed in the genus Iridomyrmex.[2] The genus was then revised in 1992, and a majority of New World ants were transferred to the genus Linepithema, including Gracilidris humiloides, although the species lacked apomorphies that defined the genus Linepithema. Due to position and shape of the eyes, length of the legs and other distinct features, the species has been placed in the genus Gracilidris in the subfamily Dolichoderinae.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Wilson, E. O. 1985c. Ants of the Dominican amber (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). 3. The subfamily Dolichoderinae. Psyche (Cambridge.) 92: 17-37 PDF
  2. 1 2 Wild, A. L. and F. Cuezzo. 2006. Rediscovery of a fossil Dolichoderine ant lineage (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Dolichoderinae) and a description of a new genus from South America. Zootaxa 1142: 57-68. ISSN: 1175-5334 PDF


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