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Hylidris
| Hylidris | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Myrmecinini |
| Genus: | Hylidris Weber, 1941 |
| Type species | |
| Hylidris myersi (junior synonym of Pristomyrmex africanus)
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This genus is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Pristomyrmex.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- HYLIDRIS [junior synonym of Pristomyrmex]
- Hylidris Weber, 1941a: 190. Type-species: Hylidris myersi (junior synonym of Pristomyrmex africanus), by original designation.
- Hylidris junior synonym of Pristomyrmex: Brown, 1953c: 9.
References
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 256, Hylidris as junior synonym of Pristomyrmex)
- Brown, W. L., Jr. 1953c. Characters and synonymies among the genera of ants. Part I. Breviora 11: 1-13 (page 9, Hylidris as junior synonym of Pristomyrmex)
- Donisthorpe, H. 1943g. A list of the type-species of the genera and subgenera of the Formicidae. [part]. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 11(10): 617-688 (page 651, Hylidris in Myrmicinae, Myrmecinini)
- Weber, N. A. 1941a. Four new genera of Ethiopian and Neotropical Formicidae. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 34: 183-194 (page 183, 190, Hylidris in Myrmicinae, Myrmecinini)