Gracilidris
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| G. pombero worker from Paraguay | |
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| Genus: | Gracilidris |
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| Gracilidris pombero[2] | |
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| 2 species | |
Gracilidris is a genus of dolichoderine ants with nocturnal behaviour; thought to have gone extinct 15-20 million years ago, they have been found in Paraguay, Brazil, and Argentina and were described in 2006.[4]
The single existing fossil in Dominican amber makes the genus a Lazarus taxon. The only known extant species, Gracilidris pombero, nests in small colonies in the soil. These ants have been described only very recently and little is known about them.[citation needed]
Species
- †Gracilidris humiloides (Wilson, 1985)
- Gracilidris pombero Wild & Cuezzo, 2006
References
- ^ Gracilidris Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine in Hymenoptera Name Server
- ^ "Genus: Gracilidris". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
- ^ Bolton, B. (2014). "Gracilidris". AntCat. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
- ^ 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
External links
Media related to Gracilidris at Wikimedia Commons
