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Philidris

Philidris is a genus of ants in the subfamily Dolichoderinae. 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).

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Philidris
Philidris brunnea worker
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Tribe: Leptomyrmecini
Genus: Philidris
Shattuck, 1992
Type species
Formica cordata
Diversity1
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

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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. S2CID 86692743.
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