Philidris

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]

Philidris
Philidris brunnea worker
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Philidris

Shattuck, 1992
Type species
Formica cordata
Diversity[1]
9 species

Species

References

  1. Bolton, B. (2014). "Philidris". AntCat. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
  2. "Genus: Philidris". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  3. 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.
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