- Gracilidris
Taxobox
name = "Gracilidris"
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropod a
classis =Insect a
ordo =Hymenoptera
familia = Formicidae
subfamilia =Dolichoderinae
genus = "Gracilidris"
genus_authority = Bolton, 1995
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =Gracilidris Pombero ,"Gracilidris" is a genus of
Dolichoderinae ants with nocturnal behaviour; thought to have gone extinct 15-20 million years ago, have been found inParaguay ,Brazil , andArgentina and were described in 2006.The single existing fossil in Dominican amber allowed theLazarus taxon for this genus.The only existing species, "Gracilidris Pombero ", nests in small colonies in the soil. These ants have been described only very recently and little is known about them.References
* [http://atbi.biosci.ohio-state.edu:210/hymenoptera/nomenclator.name_entry?text_entry=gracilidris Hymenoptera Name server entry for Gracilidris]
* [http://antbase.org/ants/publications/21031/21031.pdf Wild, A. L. and F. Cuezzo. 2006. Rediscovery of a fossil dolichoderine ant lineage (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Dolichoderinae) and a description of a new genus from South America. Zootaxa (PDF)] , publication containing the proof of existence of Gracilidris
* [http://www.myrmecos.net/ants/gracilidris.html mymercos.net Gracilidris page]
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