Epelysidris - AntCat

An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World

by Barry Bolton

1 valid species

Epelysidris Bolton, 1987Bolton, B. 1987. A review of the Solenopsis genus-group and revision of Afrotropical Monomorium Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 54:263-452. [1987-06-25] PDF 122832: 279. Type-species: Epelysidris brocha, by original designation. AntWeb AntWiki

Epelysidris in Myrmicinae, Solenopsis genus group: Bolton, 1987Bolton, B. 1987. A review of the Solenopsis genus-group and revision of Afrotropical Monomorium Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 54:263-452. [1987-06-25] PDF 122832: 271.
Epelysidris in Myrmicinae, Solenopsidini: Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990Hölldobler, B.; Wilson, E. O. 1990. The ants. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, xii + 732 pp. 122852: 16; Bolton, 1994Bolton, B. 1994. Identification guide to the ant genera of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 222 pp. [1994-07-25] 122834: 106; Bolton, 1995aBolton, B. 1995a. A taxonomic and zoogeographical census of the extant ant taxa (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Natural History 29:1037-1056. [1995-08] PDF 122859: 1049; Bolton, 1995bBolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. [1995-10] 122860: 188.
Epelysidris as junior synonym of Monomorium: Fernández, in Heterick, 2006Heterick, B. 2006. A revision of the Malagasy ants belonging to genus Monomorium Mayr, 1855 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (4)57:69-202. [2006-04-18] PDF 131476: 79; Fernández, 2007BFernández, F. 2007B. Two new South American species of Monomorium Mayr with taxonomic notes on the genus. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 80:128-145. [2007-09] 131260: 130.
Epelysidris revived from synonymy: Ward, Brady, Fisher & Schultz, 2015Ward, 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. PDF 142630: 15.

Genus Epelysidris references

Ito & Yamane, 2014Ito, F.; Yamane, S. 2014. Reproduction by ergatoid queens in the myrmicine ant Monomorium brocha (Bolton) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in West Java, Indonesia, with a description of the male. Asian Myrmecology 6:105-113. [2014-06] PDF 142638 (Epelysidris brocha reproductive behavior)

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