Ireneidris

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Ireneidris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Solenopsidini
Genus: Ireneidris
Donisthorpe, 1943
Type species
Ireneidris myops (junior synonym of Syllophopsis australica)

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Specimen Labels

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

Nomenclature

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

  • IRENEIDRIS [junior synonym of Syllophopsis]
    • Ireneidris Donisthorpe, 1943c: 81. Type-species: Ireneidris myops (junior synonym of Monomorium australicum), by original designation.
    • Ireneidris junior synonym of Monomorium: Ettershank, 1966: 82; Bolton, 1987: 298.
    • Ireneidris junior synonym of Syllophopsis: Ward et al., 2014: 13.

References

  • Bolton, B. 1987. A review of the Solenopsis genus-group and revision of Afrotropical Monomorium Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Entomol. 54: 263-452 (page 298, Ireneidris as junior synonym of Monomorium)
  • Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 213, Ireneidris as junior synonym of Monomorium)
  • Donisthorpe, H. 1943c. Ireneidris myops gen. et sp. n. (Hym., Formicidae) from Waigeu Island, Dutch New Guinea. Entomol. Mon. Mag. 79: 81-82 (page 81, Ireneidris as genus)
  • Donisthorpe, H. 1943c. Ireneidris myops gen. et sp. n. (Hym., Formicidae) from Waigeu Island, Dutch New Guinea. Entomol. Mon. Mag. 79: 81-82 (page 82, Ireneidris in Myrmicinae, Solenopsidini [subtribe Monomoriini])
  • Ettershank, G. 1966. A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to Solenopsis and Pheidologeton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Aust. J. Zool. 14: 73-171 (page 82, Ireneidris as junior synonym of Monomorium)
  • Smith, D. R. 1979. Superfamily Formicoidea. Pp. 1323-1467 in: Krombein, K. V., Hurd, P. D., Smith, D. R., Burks, B. D. (eds.) Catalog of Hymenoptera in America north of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Pr (page 1381, Ireneidris as junior synonym of Monomorium)
  • Ward, P.S., Brady, S.G., Fisher, B.L., Schultz, T.R. 2015. The evolution of myrmicine ants: phylogeny and biogeography of a hyperdiverse ant clade (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology 40: 61–81 (doi:10.1111/syen.12090).