Arnoldidris

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Arnoldidris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Arnoldidris
Brown, 1950
Type species
Orectognathus chyzeri

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Specimen Labels

This genus is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Orectognathus.

Nomenclature

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

  • ARNOLDIDRIS [junior synonym of Orectognathus]
    • Arnoldidris Brown, 1950c: 143. Type-species: Orectognathus chyzeri, by original designation.
    • Arnoldidris junior synonym of Orectognathus: Taylor, 1977: 581; Bolton, 1999: 1655.


References

  • Bolton, B. 1999. Ant genera of the tribe Dacetonini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). J. Nat. Hist. 3 33: 1639-1689 (page 1655, Arnoldidris as junior synonym of Orectognathus)
  • Bolton, B. 2000. The ant tribe Dacetini. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 65: 1-1028 (page 19, Arnoldidris as junior synonym of Orectognathus)
  • Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 188, Arnoldidris as junior synonym of Orectognathus)
  • Brown, W. L., Jr. 1950e. Revision of the ant tribe Dacetini: V. The delimitation of Arnoldidris new genus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 76: 143-145 (page 143, Arnoldidris in Myrmicinae, Dacetini)
  • Brown, W. L., Jr. 1953g. Revisionary studies in the ant tribe Dacetini. Am. Midl. Nat. 50: 1-137 (page 87, Arnoldidris in Myrmicinae, Dacetini)
  • Brown, W. L., Jr. 1973b. A comparison of the Hylean and Congo-West African rain forest ant faunas. Pp. 161-185 in: Meggers, B. J., Ayensu, E. S., Duckworth, W. D. (eds.) Tropical forest ecosystems in Africa and South America: a comparative review. Wash (page 178, Arnoldidris as junior synonym of Orectognathus (provisional))
  • Taylor, R. W. 1977. New ants of the Australasian genus Orectognathus, with a key to the known species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Aust. J. Zool. 25: 581-612 (page 581, Arnoldidris as junior synonym of Orectognathus)