Idrisella

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Idrisella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Idrisella
Santschi, 1937
Type species
Pheidologeton dentiviris (junior synonym of Carebara yanoi)

Pheidologeton yanoi casent0900736 p 1 high.jpg

Pheidologeton yanoi casent0900736 d 1 high.jpg

Specimen Labels

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

Nomenclature

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

  • IDRISELLA [junior synonym of Carebara]
    • Idrisella Santschi, 1937h: 372. Type-species: Pheidologeton dentiviris, by original designation.
    • Idrisella junior synonym of Pheidologeton: Ettershank, 1966: 115.

References

  • Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 217, Idrisella as junior synonym of Pheidologeton)
  • 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 653, Idrisella in Myrmicinae, Pheidologetini)
  • Ettershank, G. 1966. A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to Solenopsis and Pheidologeton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Aust. J. Zool. 14: 73-171 (page 115, Idrisella as junior synonym of Pheidologeton)
  • Santschi, F. 1937h. Fourmis du Japon et de Formose. Bull. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 77: 361-388 (page 372, Idrisella as genus)