Hylidris laevigatus

Hylidris laevigatus
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Pristomyrmex orbiceps)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Pristomyrmex
Species:	Hylidris laevigatus Weber, 1952

This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Pristomyrmex orbiceps.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• laevigatus. Hylidris laevigatus Weber, 1952: 20, fig. 12 (w.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO. Junior synonym of orbiceps: Bolton, 1981b: 286.

References

• Bolton, B. 1981b. A revision of six minor genera of Myrmicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Ethiopian zoogeographical region. Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Entomol. 43: 245-307.

• Weber, N. A. 1952a. Studies on African Myrmicinae, I (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). American Museum Novitates 1548: 1-32.