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Taxonomy
Gracilidris is a genus of ants in the subfamily Dolichoderinae,
or odorous ants. The genus currently contains two species, and the
formal taxonomy is as follows:
Gracilidris Wild & Cuezzo 2006: 57-68. Original description
of the worker.
included
species:
pombero Wild & Cuezzo 2006: 62. Original description of the worker.
humilioides Wilson 1985: 33. Original description of the worker, from
fossil.
references:
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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 1142: 57-68.
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Wilson, E. O. (1985) Ants of the Dominican amber. 3. The
subfamily Dolichoderinae. Psyche 92: 17–37.
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