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Zhangidris
| †Zhangidris Temporal range: Early Miocene Shanwang, China | |
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| Zhangidris atopogaster | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Genus: | †Zhangidris Bolton, 2003 |
| Type species | |
| Heteromyrmex atopogaster, now Zhangidris atopogaster | |
| Diversity | |
| 1 fossil species (Species Checklist) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Identification
Distribution
This taxon is known from Shanwang, China (Early Miocene).
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- †ZHANGIDRIS [incertae sedis in Myrmicinae]
- †Zhangidris Bolton, 2003: 259. Replacement name for †Heteromyrmex Zhang, J. 1989: 271. [Junior homonym of Heteromyrmex Wheeler, W.M. 1920: 53 (Formicidae).]
- †Zhangidris incertae sedis in Myrmicinae: Bolton, 2003: 259; Ward, et al. 2015: 77.
- †HETEROMYRMEX [junior homonym, see †Zhangidris]
- †Heteromyrmex Zhang, J. 1989: 271. Type-species: †Heteromyrmex atopogaster, by original designation. [Junior homonym of Heteromyrmex Wheeler, W.M. 1920, above.]
- †Heteromyrmex transferred from Myrmicinae to Formicinae: Hong, Wu & Ren, 2001: 347.
- †Zhangidris Bolton, 2003: 259, replacement name for †Heteromyrmex Zhang.
References
- Barden, P. 2017. Fossil ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): ancient diversity and the rise of modern lineages. Myrmecological News 24: 1-30.
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 259, Zhangidris replacement name for Heteromyrmex Zhang, 1989; Zhangidris incertae sedis in Myrmicinae)
- Zhang, J. 1989. Fossil insects from Shanwang, Shandong, China. Jinan, China: Shandong Science and Technology Publishing House, 459 pp. (page 271, Heteromyrmex Zhang, 1989 junior homonym of Heteromyrmex Wheeler, W.M. 1920 (Formicidae))