Aspididris

Aspididris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Attini
Genus:	Aspididris; Weber, 1950
Type species
	Aspididris militaris, now Basiceros militaris Specimen Labels;

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

Nomenclature

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

ASPIDIDRIS [junior synonym of Basiceros]
- Aspididris Weber, 1950c: 3. Type-species: Aspididris militaris, by monotypy.
- Aspididris junior synonym of Basiceros: Brown, 1974c: 132.

Bolton, B. 1994. Identification guide to the ant genera of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 222 pp. (page 105, Aspididris as junior synonym of Basiceros)
Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 184, Aspididris as junior synonym of Basiceros)
Brown, W. L., Jr. 1974c. A supplement to the revision of the ant genus Basiceros (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 82: 131-140 (page 132, Aspididris as junior synonym of Basiceros)
Brown, W. L., Jr.; Kempf, W. W. 1960. A world revision of the ant tribe Basicerotini. Stud. Entomol. (n.s.) 3: 161-250 (page 179, Aspididris in Myrmicinae, Basicerotini)
Dlussky, G. M.; Fedoseeva, E. B. 1988. Origin and early stages of evolution in ants. Pp. 70-144 in: Ponomarenko, A. G. (ed.) Cretaceous biocenotic crisis and insect evolution. Moskva: Nauka, 232 pp. (page 80, Aspididris as genus (anachronism))
Weber, N. A. 1950d. New Trinidad Myrmicinae, with a note on Basiceros Schulz (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). American Museum Novitates 1465: 1-6 (page 3, Aspididris as genus)
Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1985b. A simplified conspectus of the Formicidae. Trans. Am. Entomol. Soc. 111: 255-264 (page 257, Aspididris as genus (anachronism))